Description
15-page double-spaced paper on “Managing Scope Creep and Its Impact on Projects”. References included along with a short proposal on the topic below. There are also guiding questions that provide a framework for the research paper.
This paper should NOT be a “case study” of an organization. The research paper should be 15 pages (not including graphs, photos, title page, table of contents, references, abstract, etc.), double spaced, 12pt. font. with one-inch margins. The paper should include peer-reviewed references from recent research and trade journals. There must be at least 10 different references cited in the final report (ALL in APA-style). Include a detailed project description for the area you are investigating. You must use proper citations throughout your paper and include all references used. ALL your references and citations must be in APA style format. Your paper must also include at least two references to relevant peer-reviewed journals. Reminder – your paper needs to be more than cut and paste from other sources. Also, don’t use Wikipedia as a primary resource.
Proposal
Scope Creep is one of the most common issues of project management. First, the project manager must understand what scope creep means and in order to do that, they must also understand what the scope of a project is. According to PMI, Scope means it is the extent of what a project will produce (product scope) and the work needed to produce it (project scope). It is often documented using a scope statement and a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), which are approved by the project sponsor. Scope Creep often happens when a project's scope, deliverables, or features extend from what was originally set, without extra time or budget being accounted for. It can impact any fixed scope project. It's a very prevalent phenomenon, since it can happen both purposely and inadvertently, resulting from any number of people involved in a project.
Scope creep will sadly lead to project failure: you do not make the deadline, you burn through the whole budget (and more), and all without achieving the right thing. And who does that want?!
The aim of our research paper is to find the causes of scope creep in and how we can eliminate them using project management skills.
Questions to be answered within the paper
In project management, what is scope creep?
What effect does it have on projects?
Scope creep examples in projects?
What is the source of scope creep?
How to stop project scale creep.
How to deal with Cope Creep
How to Refuse Distance Expansion
References
Suzanna Haworth, S. W. (2021, January 15). Identify And Avoid Project Scope Creep. Digital Project Manager. https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/scope-creep/
Ray, S. (2013, May 1). Ways to Avoid Scope Creep. ProjectManager.Com. https://www.projectmanager.com/blog/5-ways-to-avoid-scope-creep
Komal, B., Janjua, U. I., Anwar, F., Madni, T. M., Cheema, M. F., Malik, M. N., & Shahid, A. R. (2020). The Impact of Scope Creep on Project Success: An Empirical Investigation. IEEE Access, Access, IEEE, 8, 125755–125775. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3007098
Mian Ajmal, Mehmood Khan, & Hanan Al-Yafei. (2019). Exploring factors behind project scope creep – stakeholders’ perspective. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 13(3), 483–504. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-10-2018-0228
Sharma, R., Sohi, A. J., Hertogh, M. J. C. M., & Deketh, J. R. (2017). Controlling the uncontrolled by noticing the unnoticed. 2017 12th International Scientific and Technical Conference on Computer Sciences and Information Technologies (CSIT), Computer Sciences and Information Technologies (CSIT), 2017 12th International Scientific and Technical Conference On, 2, 106–114. https://doi.org/10.1109/STC-CSIT.2017.8099435
Roy, S., & Searle, M. (2020). Scope Creep and Purposeful Pivots in Developmental Evaluation. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 35(1), 92–103. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.56898
Madhuri, K. L., & Suma, V. (2014). Influence of domain and technology upon scope creep in software projects. 2014 International Conference on Advances in Electronics Computers and Communications, Advances in Electronics, Computers and Communications (ICAECC), 2014 International Conference On, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICAECC.2014.7002443
Thakurta, R. (2013). Impact of Scope Creep on Software Project Quality. Vilakshan: The XIMB Journal of Management, 10(1), 37–46.

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Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 3
Definition ........................................................................................................................................ 3
Effects of scope creep ..................................................................................................................... 4
Examples of scope creep ................................................................................................................. 6
Sources of the scope creep .............................................................................................................. 8
How to stop scope creep ............................................................................................................... 11
How to deal with Cope Creep ....................................................................................................... 14
How to Refuse Distance Expansion .............................................................................................. 16
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 16
References ..................................................................................................................................... 18
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Introduction
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it is evident that most small businesses do not
survive for five years. Their analysis shows that 20% of the companies will fail in the first year,
30% will fall in the second year, and only 30% of the businesses will have remained by the fifth
year. This is an indication that there is a failure in project management. The business managers are
unable to have proper planning to ensure that the business continues thriving in 5 years' time.
Planning is a key activity in every project since it helps the organization identify the project's goals
and communicate them to the stakeholders. With planning, the project will be able to undergo
various phases, and this helps in meeting the project deadlines. Planning helps reduce some of the
risks that the project might be experiencing and delivering the desired results. Most of the business
cannot organize their resources, which leads to failure to achieve the project's set objectives. This
involves the organizing of the employees in order to remain productive for the project. The
organizing of the raw materials and the equipment is critical as they determine the time the project
will take in its completion. Monitoring and controlling have also been a challenge to most projects
since they help them remain on track. If the project is not well monitored, it uses more resources
than the budgeted, which might put the organization in a risky situation of borrowing more funds
and leaving the project uncompleted. This paper will help understand scope creep by determining
its effects, examples, sources, how to stop it, how to deal with scope creep, and how to refuse
distance expansion.
Definition
Scope creep refers to adding new features and requirements for the new product that was
not initially indicated in the project. With scope creep, more resources are required to meet the
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latest product specifications. The project scope refers to an outline that gives the entire project's
information, which involves activities involved, resources, timelines, and all the deliverables
(Haworth, 2021).
Effects of scope creep
One of the effects of scope creep is an increase in debts due to financial constraints. With
the scope creep, the organization is required to use more resources that were not initially budgeted
(Komal et al., 2020). This increases the organization's expenses since it will be required to pay
some interest rates to the financial institutions for the loans granted to them to complete the project.
This will lower the organization's profits, which would affect the organization's various operations
as it might not have enough resources to cater to all the functions. An increase in debts will also
affect the shareholders since they will not receive higher dividends.
Secondly, scope creep will result in stress and burnout due to unaccomplished projects. It
is very discouraging to the project manager to start a project that is never completed due to a lack
of resources. The project manager is constantly under pressure to figure out where to get enough
resources to complete the project, which still requires time. More time is used as the project
manager drafts requests to the management to be given more resources to complete the project as
it has to go through all the processes for approval. The employees working on that project are also
affected since the scope creep might result at the end of the project's job. This might result in
financial risks for the employees as they might not have enough resources to meet their daily
needs.
There will also be mistrust by the management to the project manager due to uncompleted
projects. The administration will be much concerned about completing the project, and therefore
they might react negatively to the project manager for failure to complete it on time. In some
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instances, the management has the thoughts that the project management was involved in
corruption where he took the resources of the project for personal gain. The project manager might
lose the job and the responsibilities given to someone else who has the skills and experience to run
the project.
The company resources and workforce are at waste when the project is left uncompleted.
Sometimes it becomes hard for the management to give more resources for the continuation of a
project that has drained the company's profits (Radujković & Sjekavica, 2017). The investors also
fail to show up, claiming that the project is overrated. They may fear to risk their finances to a
project that might fail to be completed. The company will undergo enormous losses for the
materials they have purchased for the project and the labor cost incurred for the project. The
organization will also lose the resources used to carry out the research and the researchers' time to
ensure high-quality output.
In some instances, the project might be of great importance to the organization's operations,
and failure to complete it might affect the entire production process. This means the company
might end up closing since it will not have the required technology and materials to ru...
