Scope management is listing the items to be produced or tasks to be done; their required quantity, quality, and variety; the time and resources available and agreed upon; and modifying the variable constraints by dynamic flexible juggling in the event of changed circumstances.

Project scope is the defined features and functions of a product, or the scope of work needed to complete a project. Scope involves getting information required to start a project, including the features the product needs to meet its stakeholders' requirement.

Project scope is oriented towards the work required and methods needed, while product scope is more oriented toward functional requirements. If requirements are not completely defined and described and if there is no effective change control in a project, scope or requirement creep may arise.