The person credited with this unit standard is able to participate in the identification of stakeholders and their needs and expectations, as well as preparing scope documentation and assisting in monitoring scope.
The person credited with this unit standard is able to participate in the identification of stakeholders and their needs and expectations, as well as preparing scope documentation and assisting in monitoring scope. Learners accessing this standard will be involved in project management teams or involved in building small project management teams. These projects may be technical projects, business projects or developmental projects and will cut across a range of economic sectors. This standard will also add value to learners who are running their own business and recognise that project management forms an integral component of any business. Learners accessing this standard will be working as a leader in the context of a small project/sub-project involving few resources and having a limited impact on stakeholders and the environment or working as a contributing team member on a medium to large project when not a leader.
Course Content
- Project stakeholders are identified and their roles on achievement of project outcomes are recorded and or explained with examples
- Project stakeholders needs and expectations are identified and documented according to agreed format
- Project deliverables are verified against the needs of stakeholders
- Approved modifications to stakeholder needs are documented and communicated to relevant parties
- Objectives are agreed with all relevant parties
- Assumptions, needs, expectations, constraints, exclusions, inclusions and deliverables are identified and recorded according to agreed format
- Work packages are developed and further elaborated to present overall view of the project scope
- A work breakdown structure is developed and documented, within agreed time frames
- Scope documentation is compiled in accordance with instructions and procedures
- Scope document contains a rudimentary sequence of events and/or milestones
- The scope document is communicated to stakeholders for approval
- Measures for project success are recorded in an agreed format
- Feedback on progress towards delivering the scope is communicated in an agreed manner
- Deviations from scope are identified and opportunities for corrective action or improvement are communicated to relevant individuals/teams
- The impact of scope change is identified, analysed, described, and reported according to agreed procedures
- Approved change requests to scope are processed in accordance with project change control procedures
- Project deliverables are verified as complete as per the agreed scope definition or specified requirements
- Non-accredited: Short course only
- Duration: 1h 30m
- Delivery: Classroom/Online/Blended
- Access Period: 12 Months
