Scope creep
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Scope Creep in project management refers to uncontrolled changes in a project's scope.
Typically, the scope increases by adding both new products and new features of already approved products (see feature creep). As a result, the project drifts away from its original purpose. Because of the tendency to look at only one dimension of a project, scope creep can also result in a project overrunning its original budget and schedule, as more is to be done at the same cost and in the same time (which is usually unrealistic, given a stretched original budget and schedule).
Scope creep can be a result of:
- poor change control
- lack of proper identification what products and features are required to bring about the achievement of project objectives in the first place.
- weak project manager or executive sponsor