In this chapter, you reviewed the importance of a scope management plan and how it sets the stage for all of scope planning. Then, you reviewed some aspects of collecting requirements, so they can be well-documented and organized in a requirements traceability matrix.

Then, you reviewed the importance and the contents of the scope statement which gives everyone a detailed review of the expected scope of work.

Finally, you reviewed the work breakdown structure (WBS) and the WBS dictionary. All three of the documents from the scope statement to the WBS and dictionary create the scope baseline. Now, you have a formal baseline to track scope performance while executing project work as well as the information needed to begin scheduling and budgeting.

In Chapter 6, Developing a Project Schedule, you will take the WBS and decompose it down to the task or activity level, which...