ITPEC FE Morning April 2020 Question 51
According to PMBOK, which of the following is the description of scope creep?
Explanation
Uncontrolled expansion of scope without adjusting time, cost and resources — scope creep is growth that bypasses change control.
Scope creep happens when features or work are added informally, such as a user asking for one more report or a developer adding a nice-to-have, without going through the change-control process. The scope grows while the schedule, budget and staffing stay as they were, so the project overruns.
Answer (d)
Why not others:
- •(a) — a scope change that comes with a matching cost or schedule adjustment is a controlled change request, the opposite of creep
- •(b) — the approved scope statement, WBS and WBS dictionary together form the scope baseline
- •(c) — monitoring project and product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline is the Control Scope process, which exists to prevent creep
Key rule: Every scope change should pass through integrated change control with its time and cost impact; growth that skips that step is scope creep.
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