Project scope

Learn how to effectively manage project scope, avoiding gold plating and managing stakeholder expectations.

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What is ROM and how to calculate it (with example)

What is a ROM estimate? A rough order of magnitude estimate is used to give you a very high level view of potential project costs. Ideally, you’d be able to provide a definitive estimate, carefully created from loads of input from subject matter experts and plenty of research on past projects and their budgets. But…

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How to Manage Auditability (and other non-functional, non-technical requirements)

This is a guest post by Dave Gordon. One of the most common causes for IT projects to slip into “troubled” status is missed requirements. In many cases, this is because the subject matter experts don’t think of all at the functional requirements at the beginning of the design stage. In other cases, technical requirements…