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Scope Creep

Uncontrolled expansion of project scope without corresponding adjustments to time, cost, or resources.

Original SimCert study summary; not an official PMI® glossary definition.

Performance domain · ScopePrinciple · Focus on ValueExam domain · Business Environment

Questions that use this term

Business Environment·Governance

A project manager is nearing project closure when a stakeholder requests a scope addition that would provide significant business value but was not in the original charter. Funding for the addition is available in the sponsor's discretionary budget.

What should the project manager do?

Practise this domain

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