Boundary Ladder for Scope Creep
Use a three-step boundary ladder to handle scope creep without defensiveness.
Scope creep A two-page brief quietly becomes a teardown, quote pack, and enablement talk without moving the deadline. The risk is not only extra work; it is a porous role boundary that makes recovery and quality pay the bill. Boundary ladder Clarify -> constrain -> offer A boundary lands better when it follows curiosity. You are not rejecting the person; you are making the work system visible. Instant yes/no Fast, but brittle. The request becomes a trade-off instead of a loyalty test. Boundaries are more accepted when they make constraints useful to the other person. 01 Clarify 02 Constrain 03…
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