Accounting for project management activities

Defining the scope of a project clearly for the project manager, the team and other key stakeholders can require the use of multiple tools. The initial definition, which is high level, occurs in the Project Charter. The Charter mentions the product of the project and many of the management criteria such as the finish date, milestones with dates, budget, possibly risks, etc. As the planning progresses, the details of the project are fleshed out in the Scope Description. This is usually narrative, descriptive, and detailed. It addresses the product of the project, and also discusses how this will be achieved. Project Management functions must be included. To give us something more structured which can be used for determining some of the project parameters, the scope is then broken down into components in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).