Catch Client Scope Creep Before It Eats Your Agency's Margin
Agency projects bleed margin when out-of-scope requests get quietly absorbed. Track logged hours against scope and flag when a project trends toward an unbillable overrun.
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Set the Scope Budget
Record each project's scoped hours.
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Track the Burn
Add a
Schedule Triggercomparing logged hours to scope. - 3
Flag the Creep
Add an
IFnode alerting when burn outpaces scoped completion. - 4
Prompt the Conversation
Add a
Slacknode telling the account lead to scope-change the client before absorbing more. - 5
Activate and Test
Activate the workflow with an over-scope test project. Confirm the flag fires.
Frequently asked questions
Why does scope creep hurt so much?
Absorbed out-of-scope work is pure margin loss — catching it early turns it into a billable change order.
Client relationship?
Framed as 'this new request is a scope change, here's the cost' early, it's professional; discovered at invoice time, it's a fight.
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