Business operations concept · updated August 8, 2026
Scope Creep
Scope creep is the gradual, often unnoticed expansion of a project's requirements beyond what was originally agreed.
Example
A client's small "quick addition" request that, repeated weekly, adds up to a meaningfully larger project than what was originally priced.
Why it matters
Naming scope creep explicitly makes the cost of each addition visible before it is agreed to, protecting both margin and timeline.
Limits and cautions
Scope creep is usually caused by an unclear or unenforced scope boundary, not client bad faith. Treating it as a client behavior problem misses the fixable process cause.
Relevance to Stelaah
Stelaah keeps agreed scope attached to the project record it concerns, where supported, making later changes easier to identify and track.
This connection describes product intent, not a guarantee that every plan or workflow supports every related capability.