ITPEC FE Subject A October 2024 Question 42
Which of the following is an appropriate explanation concerning the scope creep in project scope management?
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 — a user asks for one more report, a developer adds 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 hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work is the WBS
- •(b) — a change to scope that comes with a cost or schedule adjustment is a controlled scope change, the opposite of creep
- •(c) — the sum of products, services and results to be delivered is the project scope itself
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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