Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply project scope management principles to define project boundaries and deliverables.
• Analyze stakeholder requirements to identify key project objectives and constraints.
• Evaluate project assumptions and risks to inform the scope statement.
• Design a preliminary project scope statement that includes objectives, deliverables, and exclusions.
• Implement techniques for validating the scope statement with relevant stakeholders.
• Demonstrate the ability to document and communicate the scope statement effectively.

Target Audience

This course is designed for project managers, team leaders, and aspiring project professionals who need to develop scope statements for small to medium projects. It is also suitable for individuals involved in project initiation and planning within their organisations.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practicals provide hands-on experience in developing a preliminary project scope statement using realistic case studies. Learners will apply requirements gathering, WBS creation, and scope change control in simulated project environments.

Practical Activities

• Requirements Elicitation Workshop — Learners conduct a mock stakeholder interview and document requirements in a traceability matrix. (6h)
• Developing a Scope Statement — Using a case study, learners draft a preliminary project scope statement including deliverables, acceptance criteria, exclusions, and assumptions. (8h)
• Creating a Work Breakdown Structure — Learners decompose a project scope into a WBS with at least three levels and create a WBS dictionary. (6h)
• Scope Change Control Simulation — Learners process a scope change request through a mock change control board, updating the scope statement and WBS. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.