In project management, scope statements can take many forms depending on the type of project being implemented and the nature of the organization. The scope statement details the project deliverables and describes the major objectives. The objectives should include measurable success criteria for the project.^{[citation needed]}

A scope statement should be written before the statement of work and it should capture, in very broad terms, the product of the project (e.g., "developing a software-based system to capture and track orders for software"). A scope statement should also include the list of users using the product, as well as the features in the resulting product.

As a baseline scope statements should contain:

In more project oriented organizations the scope statement could also contain these and other sections:

The Project Management Institute (PMI) defines the project scope statement to include

and is part of the project scope baseline.