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Managing Scope Creep

This course will teach you how to minimize the negative effects of scope creep, ensuring the work completed is the work planned.

Beginner
1h 7m

Created by Jason Cross

Last Updated Jul 28, 2026

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Managing Scope Creep

This course will teach you how to minimize the negative effects of scope creep, ensuring the work completed is the work planned.

Beginner
1h 7m

Created by Jason Cross

Last Updated Jul 28, 2026

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What you'll learn

Taking on unplanned work can have negative cascading effects that cause projects to fail. In this course, Managing Scope Creep, you’ll gain the ability to minimize the negative impacts of scope creep. First, you’ll explore building a clear project baseline to prevent scope creep. Next, you’ll discover how to recognize scope creep leveraging modern tools and AI. Finally, you’ll learn how to manage stakeholders to either halt or safely add project changes. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of managing scope creep needed to minimize the negative effects of scope change on your projects.

Managing Scope Creep
Beginner
1h 7m
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Jason Cross - Pluralsight course - Managing Scope Creep
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Jason Cross has two decades of experience as a software engineer. He started as a web developer, with a 3-year stretch at Microsoft, where he also became a full-stack developer. He then switched to iOS development over a decade ago. Outside of technology Jason is a high-performance athlete and coach in swimming and kayaking. He has been coaching, instructing, teaching, and mentoring for 3.5 decades.

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