Now that you have completed the initiation phase of the project you are ready for the planning project. In this phase you will determine what work must be done (scope), who will do it (resources), and making a schedule (time) for the project.

Read Schwalbe, chapter 4 Planning Projects, Part 1. This chapter deals with the activities involved in Project Integration Management around forming teams as well as Project Scope Management. You might also wish to review the LinkedIn Learning course you did in Week 1, Project Management Foundations section 2 (Gather Requirements, Prepare a project scope statement) and section 3 (What is a Work Breakdown Structure?, Build a work breakdown structure).

1. Review the LinkedIn Learning course, Project Management Foundations – Sections 2 and 3 on requirements, scope and the WBS.
2. Download and study the Work Breakdown Structure template (you will find this in the Important Documents site). You will create a work breakdown structure for your fictional project in the Lesson portion of this module.

Investigate Scope Statements

Scope statements define the boundaries of the project. Its important to note the tasks and deliverables that are considered in scope, meaning the goals of the project that are funded. Its sometimes even more important to identify those things that are out of scope! In your scope statement there should be some statement similar to everything that is not explicitly in scope is explicitly out of scope, including..

Review the LinkedIn Learning course, Project Management Foundations Section 2
Study the templates in the Resources for the scope statement. Choose one to use in the Lesson.

Submit the Team Charter and the Scope Statement – for your fictional project.