Project Management: Preventing Scope Creep

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Project Management Courses Risk Management Courses Stakeholder Management Courses Project Planning Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn how to identify and prevent scope creep.

Syllabus

Introduction

Dealing with it

1. Identify Scope Creep

Contrasting scope and requirements
Defining scope creep
Avoiding gold plating

2. Causes of Scope Creep

Avoiding vague project expectations
Identifying inadequate project requirements
Underselling customers leads to scope creep
Avoiding a weak project scope definition
Leveraging scope boundaries to ensure stakeholder alignment

3. Prevention Best Practices

Practicing strong project management to deter scope creep
Clarifying project requirements
Developing scope baseline
Implementing a change control system

4. Case Study

Setting clear expectations for your project
Anticipating change for your project
Guaranteeing project satisfaction

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

Oliver Yarbrough

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