Staying within the defined scope of your project helps you deliver on

the deliverables you agreed upon within a reasonable timeframe.



However, out-of-scope happens to be one of the biggest challenges

project managers face during project management. Since no project is

immune to out-of-scope, you need to identify the causes and what to do

to prevent your project from going out of scope.



In this article, we will define what out of scope is, what causes it,

and how to avoid it in project management.



WHAT IS OUT OF SCOPE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT?



Out of scope is an increase in the scope of a project during the

duration of the project. Out of scope occurs when you get requests

that are not included in the scope statement or any of the agreed

deliverables.



Here is a real-life out-of-scope example:



Assume you're working on a web development and design project

[https://www.hubspot.com/products/cms/drag-and-drop-website-builder]

where you're creating a website from scratch for a software company.



You ...