What is the main difference between the validate scope and control scope?

Validate scope work

Ralph is working in the Quality control department and he is reporting to Ray. Ray is the project manager in the project and he assigned Ralph some tasks related to validating the scope of the product and Verifying the scope of the product. Once the approval from the Quality control department is given generally the product is sent to the customer for their review. The main difference between the validate scope and control scope is?

A. Validate scope is the process of obtaining formal acceptance for the deliverables from the customer, where as control scope mainly deals with the changes related to the scope baseline.
B. Control scope is the process of obtaining formal acceptance for the deliverables from the customer, whereas validate scope mainly deals with the changes related to the scope baseline.
C. Control scope is the process of obtaining formal acceptance for the deliverables from the customer, whereas validate scope mainly deals with the changes related to the product baseline.
D. Validate scope is the process of obtaining formal acceptance for the deliverables from the customer, whereas control scope mainly deals with the change requests from the customer.

Answer: Option A is correct.

The main difference between the validate scope and control scope is:

Validate scope is the process of obtaining formal acceptance for the deliverables from the customer, whereas control scope mainly deals with the changes related to the scope baseline.

Validate Scope:

It is the process of obtaining formal acceptance for the deliverables from the customer. Verified product from the quality control process is reviewed by customer for acceptance. There are some differences between the quality control process and validate scope process.
  • The differences are, quality control considers mainly the correctness of the product generally done by the quality control department and validate scope considers completion of the project done by the customer.
  • Both can be done in parallel, perform control quality is done before validate scope.

Control Scope:

Control scope mainly deals with the changes related to the scope baseline. Through the control scope, the scope baseline is maintained throughout the project. Change is inevitable in a project. When a change is requested, it needs to go through the change control process for approval. Whenever a change is requested, it is compared against the baseline, and planning is done for the new request. It will result in updated baseline.