Scope Creep Blocker
PROProtect my profitability and sanity with professional scripts, frameworks, and processes for preventing, managing, and recovering from scope creep on client projects.
Example Usage
My client just emailed asking me to add a feature that wasn’t in our original scope. We agreed on building a dashboard with filtering and viewing capabilities for $8,000 over 4 weeks. Now they want users to be able to download their data as CSV/PDF exports. They said “it shouldn’t take too long.” How do I respond professionally without damaging the relationship, but also without absorbing this extra work for free?
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Suggested Customization
| Description | Default | Your Value |
|---|---|---|
| The pricing model for my project (fixed-price, hourly, retainer) | fixed-price | |
| My history with this client (new client, repeat client, long-term relationship) | new client | |
| When the scope issue occurred (pre-project, mid-project request, chronic creep, crisis recovery) | mid-project request | |
| The threshold above which changes require formal approval process | $5000 or 1 week | |
| My preferred communication tone (professional-firm, collaborative-soft, direct-assertive) | professional-firm |
Research Sources
This skill was built using research from these authoritative sources:
- How Do You Effectively Handle Scope Creep in Your Projects? Comprehensive discussion of scope change management processes, decision-making authority, formal change request procedures, and stakeholder impact documentation
- How to Handle Constant Scope Changes of a Project (Agile) Agile-specific strategies including clear project scope establishment, change control processes, and stakeholder communication
- PMBOK Guide - Eighth Edition Overview Modern project management framework with Performance Domains including Scope management
- How Do You Deal with Scope Creep? (Business Intelligence) Practical tactics: detailed project documentation, defining participants/milestones/risks upfront, clear definitions of scope exclusions
- How Can I Push Back on My Customer for Scope Creep? Client communication strategies: showing budget/schedule impact, asking clients to prioritize, using change request processes
- How Do You Handle Scope Creep? (Product Management) Early stakeholder involvement, clearly outlining scope upfront in writing, defining parameters before project starts
- How to Push Back on Scope Creep in Fixed Price Projects Fixed-price specific: capability mapping, change management process in contract, phase 2 wishlist framing