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In project management, scope is the defined features and functions of a product, or the scope of work needed to finish a project. [1] Scope involves getting information required to start a project, including the features the product needs to meet its stakeholders' requirements. [2] [3]: 116 Project scope is oriented towards the work required ...
Construction cost management is a fee-based service in which the construction manager (CM) is responsible exclusively to the owner, acting in the owner's interests at every stage of the project. The construction manager offers impartial advice on matters such as: Optimum use of available funds; Control of the scope of the work; Project scheduling
A statement of work (SOW) is a document routinely employed in the field of project management. It is the narrative description of a project's work requirement. [1]: 426 It defines project-specific activities, deliverables and timelines for a vendor providing services to the client. The SOW typically also includes detailed requirements and ...
A scope statement should be written before the statement of work and it should capture, in very broad terms, the product of the project (e.g., "developing a software-based system to capture and track orders for software"). A scope statement should also include the list of users using the product, as well as the features in the resulting product.
A tradesman's signature is seen on a fence at Házsongárd Cemetery in Cluj, Romania. A builder's signature, sometimes known as a craftsman's signature, [1] [2] tradesman's signature, [3] or workman's signature, [4] is a type of signature associated with several skilled trades in which a tradesperson inscribes their name on a structure during or after completion of a project.
“The contractor quotes an owner a price for a particular task or scope of work, though at the time of contracting the parties may not know the actual number of the units of work to be completed.” [14] Consequently, the owner does not have an exact final price till the project is finished. [19]
[1] They are used by a construction manager who is working as an agent to the owner or by the owner itself to carry-out a construction project while mitigating the risks to the scope of work, time, budget, quality and safety of the project. These risks ranges from cost overruns, time delays and conflict among the various parties. [2]
In project management, a project charter, project definition, or project statement is a statement of the scope, objectives, and participants in a project. It provides a preliminary delineation of roles and responsibilities, outlines the project's key goals, identifies the main stakeholders , and defines the authority of the project manager . [ 1 ]