Scope Creep: Preventing/Resolving - CD Seminar (0.1 CEUs)

Instructors

Dr. Stuart G. Walesh, P.E. provides management, engineering, education/training, and marketing services. He draws on more than 40 years of engineering, education, and management experience in the government and private sectors to help individuals and organizations engineer their futures. Walesh has functioned as a project manager, department head, discipline manager, marketer, professor and dean of an engineering college. Representative current clients include CDM, Clark Dietz, Earth Tech, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Patrick Engineering, and PBS&J. Walesh authored Urban Surface Water Management (Wiley, 1989), Engineering Your Future (ASCE, 2000), and Flying Solo: How to Start an Individual Practitioner Consulting Business (Hannah Publishing, HannahPublishing@aol.com, 2000). He is author or coauthor of over 100 publications and presentations and has facilitated or presented over 120 workshops, seminars, and meetings throughout the U.S. Walesh is a member of ASCE’s Task Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice and was Special Issues Editor for ASCE’s Committee on Publications. In 1995, he received the Public Service Award from the Consulting Engineers of Indiana and, in 1998, the Distinguished Service Citation from the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin.

Course Description

Scope creep, defined as doing more than agreed upon and not being compensated, is a principal cause of poor project profitability within E/A firms. Besides driving planning, design and other projects “into the red,” scope creep also disrupts schedules, frustrates project team members, alienates some clients, and conditions other clients to expect even more for less. Like any other recurring problem, most scope creep can be prevented and the remaining scope creep incidents that do occur can be resolved in a mutually satisfying manner. Upfront thinking, self-discipline, and effective internal and external communication are required. Presented in this one-hour workshop are methods for preventing and resolving scope creep. The workshop is intended primarily for E/A firms. However, public entities interested in improving the effectiveness of their internal projects will also find value in this seminar. The program includes references to articles, books articles, books, E-newsletters, websites, and other self-study materials.

Webinar Benefits

• Increase project profitability
• Meet project schedules
• Enhance client relationships
• Build stronger project teams
• Earn one Professional Development Hour (PDH)

Summary Outline

• Consequences of scope creep
• Two drivers
• 10 tips for preventing scope creep
• 4 tips for resolving scope creep
• The worst kind of scope creep
• Unavoidable/desirable scope creep
• Resources for additional study