Project Scope Creep
Based on the topic you chose in your first week’s discussion and based on the feedback you received from your peers, search for at least five peer-reviewed papers that discuss/address your topic of interest and research questions. The main objective of reading these papers is to understand what other researchers in the field have done to address your topic of interest and your question/s in your first week’s discussion. After reading the papers, create a Table (shown below) to summarize what each research found about your topic of interest. Please do not share the table in the discussion forum. This table should help you track the list of papers you are reviewing and summarize the findings to help you write your final paper. You should update the table in the following weeks’ discussion to build up your literature review. Your primary post should only be a summary of your insights from your readings for this week.
Project Scope Creep Discussion
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Project scope creep
Project scope creep has become increasingly pervasive, particularly in contemporary project management. This extensive discussion synthesizes research and findings from different empirical investigations, highlighting the detrimental and broad impact of scope creep on the success of a project. Such studies span various fields and perspectives, fundamentally depicting scope creep as a potential determiner of project results. The evidence accumulated from this literature underpins the urgency of acknowledging and ensuring effective management of scope creep in the ever-changing project landscape. This discussion reveals that scope creep presents a vital threat to project success, requiring comprehensive approaches to reduce its negative impacts and protect project objectives across different settings and industries.
Komal et al. (2020) studied software projects, seeking to point out the significant factors related to scope creep and how they affected the project outcomes. The research incorporated surveys, literature reviews, and interviews to understand crucial contributing factors to scope creep. Schedule constraints, unclear project scope, and requirement volatility emerged as recurrent culprits. Also, the technology demonstrated adverse effects on project success. To enhance this study, Aizaz et al. (2021) studied the Agile Global Software Development (AGSD) setting to comprehend the factors leading to scope creep in a dynamic environment. The research used empirical study and literature review to reveal various scope creep elements that differed from those in traditional contexts. Such divergence shows the urgency for agile project management approaches, exceptionally structured to agile projects. The study proposed a conceptual model that provides a potential strategy to reduce scope creep in AGSD, although the caveat requires further empirical research and validation of control mechanisms.
Ajmal et al. (2019) focused on a stakeholder-centric approach, examining scope creep's causative forces from project key stakeholders' perspectives. The study entailed a project management office, consumers, consultants, and project teams. The research revealed that poor communication caused scope creep across different stakeholder groups, underpinning the essence of effective communication techniques. Also, project complexity, technical complexity, and risk contributed to scope creep. This study demonstrates the significance of the multifaceted perspectives of diffe...