Scope Creep

You might say

I asked AI to make only the login button blue, but the header and card shadow also changed. How should I review that?

New requests continually enter agreed project work without being evaluatedYou ask AI to make the login button blue, then notice that the header and card shadow changed too. Those changes were never discussed, yet they have entered this delivery. A new request can become part of the scope after it is recorded and evaluated; scope creep is the unassessed addition of work to the current plan.

Know first

MVP

Scope Creep

Compare the login-page request with the actual changes

studio.example/login

Welcome backEmailLog in

Agreed: change only the login button to blue

Check the scope

Header and cardKeep as they are

Make the agreement concrete first: turn the login button blue and leave the rest of the page as it is.

How to identify unassessed changes

Compare the actual result: Compare the agreement with the page and change record. An edit elsewhere is not automatically wrong, but it should not silently enter this delivery.

Evaluate real changes separately: A needed request can join the scope after it is recorded and evaluated with a new delivery and acceptance plan.

Quick checkChoose the best answer

You ask AI to change a button color, and it also changes the card shadow and the page title size. What should happen?

Compare with the original page, undo the title and shadow edits, then accept the blue buttonKeep all three changes for now, then decide later which ones to deliverRestore the button, title, and shadow to their original appearance

You can say this to an AI Agent

Change only the login button to blue. Afterward, compare the page and change list to confirm the header and cards were not changed along the way. If another area really needs an update, explain why first.

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