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Negative variations of scope and EV

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Wed, 2006-01-04 12:05
Joao Ribeiro
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Dear all:

I went trhough to forum topics list and, although the are some threads on how to deal with scope increase, there is none regarding scope decrease.
What do you think is best practice for dealing with scope decrease, considering that I’m using a "light form" of EVMS to control the project?

Thank for your suggestions.
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Tue, 2006-01-10 10:42
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Gary Whitehead
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Surely the process of dealing with scope change is the same whether it gets bigger or smaller?
Scope change is assessed for impact on resources, budget & schedule, change is agreed & revised baseline generated.
Only difference would be instead of adding new/expanding existing activities as variations, you would remove/contract existing activities as variations.

I suppose in extreme cases where the scope decrease leads to significant amount of work done now being ‘valueless’, then the EVM measures could perhaps be unduly influenced by this and it may be suitable to treat the change as a new project.
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