Ethics and Project Management

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opinions can be sought to verify information, and eective listening skills

can be applied.

5.6.3   Straying from the Plan without Authorization

One of the quickest ways projects get into trouble is that they fail to follow

their plan. Instead, a good plan is placed on a shelf, and the project goes on a

dierent course. Sometimes this is by design; sometimes it is not. Regardless,

to allow straying from a plan without authorization has several consequences.

It can lead to scope creep, which is an unintended expansion of what the

project was supposed to accomplish. It can also lead to rework to make up

for work not done or to undo work. To allow straying from a plan is a viola-

tion of a promise to deliver ...