Scoping & Working Agreements

Scoping

Scoping is a way of defining what we'll work on. You spend time identifying, clarifying, and documenting core program requirements. During program initiation, this should stay relatively high-level but give some firm boundaries to the program.

Your specific responsibilities around scoping are to:

• Drive clarity around who has scoping decision rights

• Drive clarity on the problem/opportunity

• Drive clarity on in-scope vs. out-of-scope

• Document and communicate the results in the program charter

Scoping decision rights

Early on, you need to identify who has the authority to make final decisions about what is in and out of scope. This ...