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Scope Creep: A Common Project Management Pitfall That Can Be Reduced by Taking Three Actions

May 13, 2021 By EMI

Project scope creep is defined as an unwanted event when the original project scope expands with additional features and functionality without the corresponding adjustments to time, budget, or other project resources.

In providing coaching and training services to many engineering companies, I have found that project scope creep is not only one of the biggest project management pitfalls, but it is the leading cause of projects going over budget, and subsequently a key driver of reducing company profitability.  Now for some good news: you can take some simple actions to greatly reduce scope creep on your engineering projects.

Here Are Three Steps That You Can Take To Reduce Project Scope Creep:

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering Tagged With: Communicate the Scope of Work, Identify the Scope of Work, project management, Project scope creep, project team, Scope Creep, Scope of Work, Scope of Work Review

What Every Engineer and Project Manager should know about the Scope of Work (SOW) on Engineering Projects

October 31, 2016 By EMI

Scope of Work (SOW)

Scope of WorkThe following is an excerpt from John Lowe’s book entitled A Guide to Managing Engineering and Architectural Design Services Contracts.  The post was published with permission from the author and the audiobook will be available through Engineering Management Institute website in November 2016. Click here for a notification when the audiobook is released.

The Scope of Work (SOW) on a project is an important aspect of a project that can lead to many budget and schedule challenges.  In this excerpt, which is two separate excerpts of Mr. Lowe’s book, he defines the Scope of Work in relation to engineering projects and discusses how liability can be minimized by sharing the SOW and identifying changes to it early on.

 The Scope of Work on Engineering Projects

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Filed Under: Blog, Personal Development and Professionalism Tagged With: A Guide to Managing Engineering and Architectural Design Services Contracts, engineering projects, how liability can be minimized, John Lowe, Scope of Work

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