One of the most insidious problems project managers face is scope creep. Scoping is hard perhaps the hardest discipline within project management. So knowing how to prevent scope creep will be critical to protecting all of your hard work.

You need to lock in your project scope as early as possible. So, in this video, I'll show you how to prevent scope creep on your project.

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Do this with a 2step process
1. Define the boundary with precision
2. Get signoff
Yes, you need to deal with 'Autograph Toptrumps'.
But, even if you have to negotiate, at least you have a baseline for negotiation.

Get it right in the first place
a. Good requirements gathering
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b. Careful stakeholder negotiation
c. Tool: MoSCoW Analysis
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d. Thorough documentation of requirements and scope

Preventing Scope Creep is not always the right thing to do
1. Have a strong Change Control process
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Stops scope creep by exposing costs and risks vs benefits

2. When you have a lot of uncertainty:
Agile or Hybrid approach
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Your objective is not to prevent change. It is to manage it.
You need to keep it under control and good governance
The key is value

You can also extend the ideas of Change Control and an Agile approach, but stop creep and gain even greater clarity...
A Phase 2 project.

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