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What is scope change?
Scope change is an official decision made by the project manager and the client to change a feature, to expand or reduce its functionality. This generally involves making adjustments to the cost, budget, other features, or the timeline.
Is scope creep a risk?
Scope creep is a risk in the vast majority of projects – as an area of project management, it’s widely known, often well understood yet frustratingly difficult to avoid.
When can scope creep be a good thing?
To begin with, customers benefit from scope creep, primarily when they get more than what was originally included in the project’s scope. Furthermore, a certain perspective on scope creep could say that it benefits companies because they are able to retain customers without losing the sunk cost of a project.
What should you know about scope creep and scope change?
For the PMP Certification Exam, you should know that the difference between scope creep and scope change is addressing the impact of the scope change on the schedule, cost, and other aspects of the project. Start by looking at some of the common causes of scope changes:
What does it mean to change the scope of a project?
Scope Change is an official decision made by the project manager and the client to change a feature X to expand or reduce it’s functionality. Generally, scope change involves making adjustments to the cost, budget, other features, or the timeline.
Are there scope gaps in non agile projects?
In either case, the issue is that non-agile scope is often considered fixed, so scope creep and scope gaps are common. In contrast, agile projects continuously refine and renegotiate scope, so scope creep is typically less of a problem, and scope gaps can’t exist beyond a single iteration.
What can cause the scope of a product to change?
Scope change. Start by looking at some of the common causes of scope changes: External event: Changes in the competitive environment or a new regulation can cause the team or the customer to reconsider the product scope.