The continual informal increase of scope (addition of requirements) without adequate scope management to control the impact of these additional requirements on the endeavor’s cost or schedule
The addition of new work by the Sponsor to the original scope criteria The additional work may be on the process or on the software function (this is often called function creep)
The tendency of a project to include more tasks or to implement more systems than originally specified, which often leads to higher than planned project costs and an extension of the initial implementation date
The gradual addition of extra effort or size of deliverables Each addition may be so small that it could be overlooked in terms of its impact on the completion of the project, but the cumulative effect could be considerable