- The scope and limitations of a project
- Examples of scope and limitations
- Introduction of a project
- Conclusions of a project
We explain what the scope and limitations of a project are and various examples. Also, what are the introduction and conclusions.
The scope and limitations of a project
The scope and limitations of a draft are part of his justification, that is, of the contextual explanation of its importance, based on which are the expectations that the project hopes to satisfy, and which are not. That is, it is about the delimitation of the project, the delimitation of its interests, since no project can cover everything in its area.
In this way, the scope of a project is the maximum horizon of expectations that the project intends to reach, that is, how far the project intends to go in its research or their performance. Thus, no more will be expected of him than he initially promised, and if he succeeds in giving a little more, it will be received as a bonus or additional achievement.
Similarly, the limitations of a project are aspects of it that cannot be covered, that are beyond its possibilities and are known a priori to be unattainable. It's about your conceptual boundaries.
When we explain the limits of a project, we notice the weaknesses, shortcomings or difficulties that it is going to have to face and, often, accept, so that later they are not thrown at us or in fault. A good explanation in that sense will facilitate the task of measuring the success or failure of any initiative.
Examples of scope and limitations
These are some possible examples of scope and limitations in imaginary projects:
- A project aims to study the market for women's shoes in Israel, thus evaluating a possible export business initiative. But said like this, it seems that absolutely all the women's shoe markets in the country are going to be reviewed, so the project managers clarify that they will have the scope that allows them to review the data a local trade institute, since they are not there to find out or have the budget to do so (which is, of course, a limitation). Then, they will propose the scope of the project within the content of the report, and they will notice that this method It has the limitations that the report is issued in the capital, once every three months and that it is not specified by item.
- A research project attempts to track the effectiveness of the sewage system of the town of Buenos Aires, and for this it will proceed to to interview specialists and consult the records of the government of the city on the matter. However, it warns that its approach will have the scope of the last ten years and that it will have certain limitations because the government records have not been updated for a long time and a significant part of them is out of its reach because it is considered national security.
Introduction of a project
The introduction of a project represents the construction of a referential framework for the reader, that is, a prelude that clarifies everything that the researcher considers necessary to know in order to fully understand the content of the project.
An introduction clarifies terms, offers a resume of the subject or a historical perspective, and even explains the current state of the matter, in order to be able to quickly and succinctly report on the subject that is to be addressed.
Conclusions of a project
For their part, conclusions of a project constitute the necessary closure of the same, that is, the rendering of accounts regarding what was found and the elaboration of the speech that the research or project itself has achieved. In other words, they show the discovery of the experience that the project was, whether or not it was the expected one.
Put more simply, it explains why what was achieved was achieved and to what extent, what things went wrong and what things went well, but above all what is proven or what can be learned from the way the project came out, and what future researchers on the subject should take into account, for example.