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Lecture F - SCOPE AND VALUE ENGINEERING
INTRODUCTION
To commence, a question, what is the scope of a project? The project
management literature is relatively silent in dealing with scope as a
major issue. To provide a basis for the discussion, scope as defined is:
"1. End aimed at, purpose, intention
2. Outlook, purview, sweep or reach or sphere of observation or
action, tether, extent to which permissible or passible range,
opportunity, outlet,"
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Procedures manuals and contract documentation attempts to explicitly
define scope.
EARLY SCOPE DEFINITION
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The process
Early definition requires input from all stakeholders to the project,
marketing, business groups, technical personnel, operations and
management.
Early scope definition should cover all aspects of the project, albeit
superficially, thus a consistent estimate, schedule and design
basis can be prepared.
As a corequisite to this preliminary scope definition, market
evaluation, raw material availability and quantity, project
objectives, design and operating philosophies, case studies and
configurations, schedules, cost estimates and economic analyses
are required all leading to the development of an economic
optimum for the project.
These processes are highly rational, however the process is often
not as simple or as rational as this treatment would suppose. In
