Business & Growth

Scope Creep

Scope creep is when a job quietly grows past what you agreed to and got paid for, one small favor at a time. No single request seems unreasonable, so you keep saying yes, and the work doubles while the price stays exactly the same. It is the most common way a profitable project turns into an unprofitable one.

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