In Chapter 3, Project Roles and Responsibilities, you reviewed what an integrated, comprehensive project management plan does and why it is so important. You also learned that other than baselines for tracking performance, there are subsidiary management plans that are the how-to guides for the knowledge areas they represent. The scope management plan is one of those subsidiary plans, and honestly scope of work really drives the project management train when it comes to planning other areas such as schedule, costs, resources, procurement, and the like. That is always why it is the first plan we talk about.
Remember that the scope management plan is like the YouTube video for scope of work and may contain several helpful best practices to not only plan the scope of work but to execute on requirements and learn how formal acceptance of the result...
