Intranet Rollout Scope Statement
This is a practical guide to building a scope statement for an intranet rollout project — a definition of deliverables, boundaries and acceptance criteria, adapted to the realities of launching a company intranet or digital workplace.
What a Scope Statement is
A scope statement is a definition of deliverables, boundaries and acceptance criteria. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Scope Statement. On an intranet rollout project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for an Intranet Rollout project
Intranet Rollout projects live or die on launching a company intranet or digital workplace. A well-built scope statement gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how intranet rollout projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Deliverables
- In scope
- Explicitly out of scope
- Acceptance criteria
- Constraints and assumptions
Intranet Rollout-specific considerations
Tailor the scope statement to the risks that most often derail intranet rollout projects:
- Content ownership
- Adoption
- Search and information architecture
Example
On a real intranet rollout project, the scope statement would be shaped by launching a company intranet or digital workplace. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — content ownership, adoption, search and information architecture — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.