http://menwithpens.ca/scope-creep/ Thu, 24 May 2012 21:33:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://menwithpens.ca/scope-creep/#comment-35094 Laura Kinoshita Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:51:13 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=4016#comment-35094 Dude ... you so described my entire life. I am not kidding when I say "scope creep" took a 2 month project and inflated it to almost a year. Thankfully, I was able to invoice some of the extra hours, but nowhere near all of them. In my situation, I am working with a state agency that has these long and involved purchasing contracts that take an arm and a leg to change. Any revision holds up the project, so there's strong incentive not to mess with the contract once it's "accepted" by the powers that be. No more! Then, there's the client I work with that takes about 10 hours a month in free consultation. Somewhere along the lines we became friends (or did we?) and now I feel it would mess up the entire relationship to start charging for what I've talked about for free for almost two years now. My attitude is that I just have to start fresh with new clients, and let the old mistakes pass on. Scope creep is my #1 problem. Dude … you so described my entire life. I am not kidding when I say “scope creep” took a 2 month project and inflated it to almost a year. Thankfully, I was able to invoice some of the extra hours, but nowhere near all of them. In my situation, I am working with a state agency that has these long and involved purchasing contracts that take an arm and a leg to change. Any revision holds up the project, so there’s strong incentive not to mess with the contract once it’s “accepted” by the powers that be. No more! Then, there’s the client I work with that takes about 10 hours a month in free consultation. Somewhere along the lines we became friends (or did we?) and now I feel it would mess up the entire relationship to start charging for what I’ve talked about for free for almost two years now. My attitude is that I just have to start fresh with new clients, and let the old mistakes pass on. Scope creep is my #1 problem.

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