Your project started with a clear scope, timeline, and budget. Then came a few extra requests, additional revisions, and last-minute stakeholder inputs. Individually, they seemed manageable. Together, they added more hours, stretched resources, and increased costs without increasing project revenue. That’s how scope creep often unfolds. It rarely starts with a major change. Instead, it grows gradually until deadlines slip, workloads expand, and project margins begin to shrink.