I've been warned about "scope creep"—what's that?

Scope creep refers to a change in what a project is supposed to deliver, along with the associated deliverables, features, and so forth, after it has been agreed on and the work is underway. The problem is that in the planning stage, the plan (schedule, budget, resources) was agreed to based on specific decisions on the project's scope. If the scope starts to change, what happens to the schedule and budget? Typically, the scope—the deliverables and associated work the project is going to include—expands because someone starts to…

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