To commence, a question, what is the scope of a project? The project management literature is relatively silent in dealing with scope as a major issue. To provide a basis for the discussion, scope as defined is:

"1. End aimed at, purpose, intention

2. Outlook, purview, sweep or reach or sphere of observation or action, tether, extent to which permissible or passible range, opportunity, outlet,"1

Procedures manuals and contract documentation attempts to explicitly define scope.