Category: Scope Budget

Continuing on the miniseries on subtypes of scope creep, let’s examine the last two: business and feature creep. Business Creep: when clients change what they

There are two sub-species of the scope creep “family” that are unfortunately not caused by the client but by us. Effort creep: I pile on additional work

Expertise is often fickle work. Some days, for some clients, in some cases, you will be able to deliver sooner, do better work, or with

It’s hard to completely forget how you felt the first time somebody asks you “how much”. As a brand new freelancer freshly out of corporate,

Scope creep happens when the client decides to add new expectations of us after the deal was made. The project starts to grow or “creep”, with

It’s not professional to address clients as “sweetie”, “boy”, “private”, “old goat” etc. Along the same lines, it’s not professional to talk to someone who

Tell me if this sounds familiar: I usually know what I want. When I’m ordering fast food, I like quick service. I call the place