CHAPTER 25
Scope Creep: Runaway Train or Good Business?
Scope is the sum of the products and services to be provided as a project (as defined by the Project Management Institute). Scope usually means the function elements (i.e., the features) of a project, but can also include schedules and costs. Scope creep is the change—typically the expansion—of the originally committed scope of a project.
As a project manager, you should always expect that the scope of the product you are building/enhancing or the scope of the service you are providing will change throughout the project cycle. Accordingly, an effective change control process must be defined, documented, and enforced on every project to deal with the scope changes that will inevitably be ...
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