Rescue the Problem Project

CHAPTER4

Auditing Scope ona Red Project

“The art of leadership is saying no, not yes.It is very easy to say yes.”

—Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister, The Mail, October 2, 1994

Scope creep is the most commonly observed symptom in red projects, even though the root cause may be the people on the project. The recovery manager must compare every aspect of the current scope to the project requirements to determine the problem’s pervasiveness. He or she must question team members, customers, and suppliers to discover the root causes. It is important to understand how the requirements were gathered, whether any conflicting views of scope exist, and how the current scope compares to the original. If the scope has changed, the degree and reason ...