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What's the difference between the product scope and the project scope? and how the change of the product scope impact on the project scope?

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Question added by Elsharif Kamil , (Director Of Jeddah Branch (Branch Manager , Nebras Habwah Engineering Safety Consultants & Fire Protection
Date Posted: 2016/02/01
Igor Averbukh
by Igor Averbukh , Construction Manager , National Marine Dredging Company

For example:

You have a project to build a house. Thus the house is product of the project.

The product scope: double-floor house, with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen and dance-hall. Probably also surrounding garden and fence. 

The project scope: site preparations, land planning, digging ditch, building of foundations, building of walls, erection of  ceiling, building of next floor walls, next ceiling, roof, fence, etc. 

In other words, the product scope means WHAT, while the project scope means HOW TO create that 'what'.

PRODUCT is a part of Project.

Change of PRODUCT Scope in a project could turn Project scope degree. specially will effect Project budget, Resource and could be everything.

Md Fazlur Rahman
by Md Fazlur Rahman , Procurement Specialist , Engineering and Planning Consultants Ltd

Thanks to Elsharif Kamil for the nice question. We can differentiate between the two as follows:

1.       The project scope is the work that delivers the product, and the product is the end result of the project.

 

2.       The project scope refers to everything that needs to happen to get the product delivered, and the product scope includes features, functions and characteristics of the product.

 

Now the change of product scope will affect the following in the project scope :

  • Project completion time
  • Project activities
  • Project Budget
  • Project Assumptions

 

Ahmed Khater
by Ahmed Khater , ID& Fit- Out Construction Manager , Harmony Atelier Interior Design& Decoration

product scope is about the product itself, features,functions, specifications that characterize the product whither its a component or deliverable of a project. the project scope is the work and efforts performed to deliver a product. 

Elsharif Kamil
by Elsharif Kamil , (Director Of Jeddah Branch (Branch Manager , Nebras Habwah Engineering Safety Consultants & Fire Protection

Many thanks for all,, 

Nice answers and clear. 

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