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5 - PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT
The verified deliverables obtained from the Control Quality process are reviewed with the customer or sponsor
to ensure that they are completed satisfactorily and have received formal acceptance of the deliverables by the
customer or sponsor. In this process, the outputs obtained as a result of the Planning processes in the Project Scope
Management Knowledge Area, such as the requirements documentation or the scope baseline, as well as the work
performance data obtained from the Execution processes in other Knowledge Areas, are the basis for performing
the validation and for final acceptance.
The Validate Scope process differs from the Control Quality process in that the former is primarily concerned
with acceptance of the deliverables, while quality control is primarily concerned with correctness of the deliverables
and meeting the quality requirements specified for the deliverables. Control Quality is generally performed before
Validate Scope, although the two processes may be performed in parallel.
5.5.1 Validate Scope: Inputs
5.5.1.1 Project Management Plan
Described in Section 4.2.3.1. The project management plan contains the scope management plan and the
scope baseline. As described in Section 5.1.3.1, the scope management plan specifies how formal acceptance of
the completed project deliverables will be obtained. The scope baseline (Section 5.4.3.1) includes the approved
version of a scope statement, work breakdown structure (WBS), and its associated WBS dictionary, that can be
changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison.
5.5.1.2 requirements documentation
Described in Section 5.2.3.1. The requirements documentation lists all the project, product, and other types of
requirements for the project and product, along with their acceptance criteria.
5.5.1.3 requirements traceability Matrix
Described in Section 5.2.3.2. The requirements traceability matrix links requirements to their origin and tracks
them throughout the project life cycle.
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