Scope Statement Background and rationale

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Table of Contents
Scope Statement...............................................................................................................................2
Background and rationale............................................................................................................2
Objectives, Goals, Needs.............................................................................................................2
Assumptions................................................................................................................................2
In-scope work..............................................................................................................................3
Out-of-scope work.......................................................................................................................3
Deliverables.................................................................................................................................3
Milestones....................................................................................................................................3
External dependencies.................................................................................................................4
Limits and Exclusions of scope...................................................................................................4
Technical Requirements..............................................................................................................4
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).................................................................................................5
Background and rationale............................................................................................................5
Hierarchy.....................................................................................................................................5
Diagram.......................................................................................................................................8
WBS Dictionary...........................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................13
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................14

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Scope Statement
Background and rationale
The project scope statement is part of project planning phase which is involved to determine and
document the project goals, objectives, deliverables, and in-scope and out of scope, project
milestones and others1. In project management point of view, the project scope means what
requires to achieve and work must be done for delivering the project plan.
The project is based on implementing a human resource management system (HRMS) for retail
industry. The purpose for selecting this project is to maximize the performance of the employees
in the service. Through this proposed system, there is management of people focused on KR
policies and procedures.
Objectives, Goals, Needs
The goal of this project is HRMS implementation so that the employees can facilitate visibility
over its career progression. By means of this system, the retail industry can maximize its
operational efficiency, reduction of IT costs, improve over employee satisfaction while it reduces
both cost as well as increase in business revenue. The objectives of this project are as follows:
 To monitor progress over the hiring processes
 To increase in visibility of stratus of the employees by improving over the performance
and provide with opportunities for career growth
 To provide payroll as well as training records with review of the performance of
employees
The business needs of HRMS implementation is that it is a centralized database for the retail
industry which helps in storing of employees tracking function. Compensation and benefits and
up-to-date employee’s data.
Assumptions
I. The technical context of the project work like platforms as well as business environments
used for HRMS implementation will assume to meet with project requirements.
II. IT infrastructure are available to the project team like networks, internet usage and
communication tools.
1 Kerzner, Harold. Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley &
Sons, 2017.

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III. It is assumed that the project can complete on scheduled timeframe of 4 months with
estimated budget of $1,00,000.
IV. Project management as well as development methodologies are properly applied to the
implementation work of HRMS.
In-scope work
The project scope is that the system enables management of HR functions through usage of the
information technology2. The scope of this project is to improve over productivity as well as
business efficiency of retail business through automation of the manual HR processes.
Out-of-scope work
1. Process improvements and change in business processes are out of scope.
2. Changes to the data as well as existing HR policies are out of scope.
3. Training is provided to the staffs so that the employees are familiar with technical
handling of the system.
Deliverables
a. HRMS project initiation plan
b. Budget plan
c. Communication management plan
d. Develop of methodology for IT management of the system
e. Change management plan
f. Providing ongoing training to the staffs
g. Work breakdown structure
h. Project scope statement
Milestones
Milestone Activities Expected Date
Project initiation phase Mon 27-04-20
Project evaluation phase Thu 21-05-20
Project implementation phase Mon 06-07-20
2 Heagney, Joseph. Fundamentals of project management. Amacom, 2016.