Business & Growth

Scope Creep

Expansion of project work beyond an agreed baseline without corresponding review of scope, time, resources or price. A change is not automatically scope creep: an explicitly assessed and approved revision can be legitimate. The problem is allowing the baseline to drift while commitments and expectations remain unclear.

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