ERA404 NEWSLETTER

SEASON XII, ISSUE I

Scoping a Project

FEBRUARY 2013  |  MEDIA   |  INFORMATION RESOURCES

Every year, long before the ice thaws and the ground softens, my father takes a cup of coffee out to the farthest corner of the yard and studies a medium-sized rectangle of roped off terrain that will become his garden. The footage is limited, living in a modest suburb in Michigan, but in his mind, the objectives are organized into columns and rows.

When you break ground on any mission that will require your time, energy, and resources, he knows that a solid foundation, and thorough, comprehensive planning will make all the difference in the determination of your project’s fruitfulness.

The importance of well-written production scope has always been easy to communicate and readily received, but for unknown reasons, this document is all-too-often missing from RFPs. And while my father’s garden may seem an odd metaphor for web and application development, it should show that we scope non-web projects all the time without realizing. And his garden is a reasonably good visual for putting a scope into somewhat relatable terms, demonstrating its necessity, and giving a little color to a rather dry subject for backyard reading.

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