# Scope

Concept · [Product](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/product)

Also called: scope of work, SOW, scope creep, statement of work, in scope, out of scope

The agreed list of what a project will include and what it will not. 'Scope creep' is when extra work gets added along the way without changing the deadline or the budget. [Common Paper](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/common-paper) publishes a free, standard template for a statement of work (Statement of Work).

**For example:** The scope for version one says: sign up, book a class, pay. A request to add gift cards halfway through is scope creep unless time and budget are adjusted.

## Connects to (14)

- [User story](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/user-story): One short sentence describing something a user needs to do and why, written from their point of view.
- [MVP](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mvp): Minimum viable product.
- [Contractor vs employee](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/contractor-vs-employee): A contractor is an outside person or firm you pay for a defined piece of work, and they decide how to do it.
- [Common Paper](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/common-paper): A contract company for startups that publishes free, standard agreements anyone may use and modify, along with software for sending…
- [Roadmap](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/roadmap): A plan that shows what you intend to build and in roughly what order.
- [Spec](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/spec): A written description of what is being built and why, for work too big to finish in one session.
- [Fixed-price engagement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/fixed-price-engagement): A services deal where the client pays one agreed price for a defined result, no matter how many hours it takes.
- [Engagement letter](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/engagement-letter): A short contract that starts a professional services relationship.
- [Request for proposal](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/request-for-proposal): A document a buyer, often a government or large company, publishes to invite vendors to bid on a project.
- [Product requirements document](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/product-requirements-document): A document that explains what a product or feature should do, for whom and why, so the team agrees before building.
- [PMI Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pmi-tulsa): The Tulsa chapter of the Project Management Institute, a group that educates and connects project managers in the Tulsa area through…
- [Fractional head of product](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/fractional-product-leader): A part-time product leader.
- [Time and materials](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/time-and-materials): A way to pay for services by the hour or day worked, plus costs, instead of a set price for the whole job.
- [Master services agreement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/master-services-agreement): A contract that sets the general terms between a client and a provider once (payment, ownership of the work, confidentiality, liability)…

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/scope