How to prevent scope creep when managing a project from home

When unexpected changes are requested during the development process, your final product may be a lot more complicated than what your spec originally called for. This phenomenon is called “scope creep.” Add a fully remote team with thin work-life boundaries on top of that, and you've got problems. The post How to prevent scope creep when managing a project from home appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.

https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/05/27/how-to-prevent-scope-creep-when-managing-a-project-from-home/

Created 4y | May 27, 2021, 2:22:07 PM


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