Week 6 Blog Assignment: Analyzing Scope Creep
I had the pleasure of help planning a 70th birthday party for my mother. The event planning committee consisted of my seven siblings. At the beginning phase of this event, several of us had different ideas about whether we wanted the event casual, formal, or semi-formal. After much discussion we went with the semi-formal. In the different discussions, we talked about the budget, timeline, and resources.
There were several scope creep issues that occurred: (1) guests that were not invited, (2) budget, and (3) communications from some of the siblings. My siblings and I decided to allow uninvited guests to attend, in order to prevent a scene. As far as the budget and communication issues, the siblings that were involved during the planning process decided to take the slack from the siblings that did not participate.
Looking back on this event, if I was the project manager, I would assign a task for each sibling. They would inform me if they could not handle the task given. If they could not handle the task given, it could be assigned to someone else and I could offer what would feel comfortable to them completing. As far as the budget, I would have increased the amount and if we had any funds left, I would return it to each person. When it comes to the guest that was not invited, I would make sure that we had a list of people that was invited and if they were not on the list they would not have been allow to attend the party.
Overall, the party was a success and our mother was very happy.
