Project Scope

''A Project Scope Statement should be careful thought through and must always include the work that is necessary for the Project being undertaken as well as the work that will not be conducted for the Project being undertaken. We have outlined here an example of how a Scope Statement should be developed:'' The work of this project includes:

1. The performance of a detailed analysis of both the existing purchasing system and the new proposed system, in an effort to understand the workings of the current system and determining what the users would like the proposed system to do;

2. The development of the requirements specifications for the new APS, clearly defining the functional requirements, non-functional requirements and business requirements for the system;

3. The development of the Systems Design, clearly defining the Logical and physical designs as well as test plans for the system;

4. The Development of the APS;

5. The Testing of the system according to the previously outlined test plans;

6. The Training of RTT staff in the use of the new system; and

7. The Implementation of the APS as well as the creation of user manuals and guides.

The work of this project excludes:

1. The evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the design, development and implementation of the APS.