ABSTRACT
Scope management consists of the processes required to ensure that a project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully. In an Adaptive/Agile Environment, the scope is often not fully developed at the beginning of the project and evolves during the project. Value and improvement are key considerations when planning scope definition and management. Scope validation is the process of formalizing acceptance of completed deliverables. Requirements are expressed as Epics and Features and are at different levels of decomposition. Epics are containers for initiatives of significant size to fulfill a strategic business objective that create most of the value for the organization. Features are a new or changed capability that solves a problem for the end user and can be tested by an end-user. Scope definition is limited to a general statement of business requirements.
