Scope reduction

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Milind Patil Bangalore, Karnataka, India

For valid reasons, if PM is proposing cutting scope to be on time in both the cases predictive and adaptive.

Is this change request? How to handle this situation with the stakeholders?

Posted: Jan 30, 2019 2:18 AM

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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada

Jan 31, 2019 5:25 AM

Replying to Milind Patil

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Thanks Kiron

Please clear me below point:
"threshold established in the CM plan"

Sure Milind -

To avoid incurring bureaucratic "waste" and stakeholder irritation, it is a common practice to establish a threshold for different types of changes under which the PM & team have the authority to proceed. Stakeholders should still be notified of the change, but the approval rests within the team. Otherwise, a change which would require $10 extra on a $1M project would cost more to get approved than its actual cost...

Kiron

Posted: Jan 31, 2019 7:56 AM

Robert Neil Wood North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Probably.

But as Kiron suggests, there could be a threshold to consider to reduce/avoid trivial change requests.

Also, for adaptive projects, it might depend upon the criteria for ending a project. Not all adaptive project environments will deliver the total scope, instead they will deliver until sufficient value has been achieved (and/or funds have run out).

Posted: Jan 31, 2019 3:00 PM

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