52. Growing Success Axium Encourages and Empowers Your Growth 25 YEARS A/E EXPERIENCE REAL-TIME EASE OF USE
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Why do we care about scope creep? Erosion of profit Limiting firm wide resources, one project at a time Devaluing services Can easily be missed until its too late Cancerous to firm culture Opportunity cost Dramatic way to increase margins What causes scope creep? Admirable company Visions / Missions Long entrenched tradition of providing “exceptional service” Culture of obligation Lack of recognizing when it happens Lack of recognition of impact of “insignificant” extras Lack of awareness of negotiated scope of work Limited fees, but unlimited work Belief it will help win more work Conflict avoidance When do you recognize scope creep? Was that short extra meeting part of the contracted scope of work? Did that extra submittal cost the project anything? Was the time spent on that minor requested change not as valuable as contracted work? Are those phone conversations after meetings part of the budgeted tasks for the job?
Mention that if their software does not support this, take this out to Excel to manage
Mention that if their software does not support this, take this out to Excel to manage
Why do clients ask for additional work which causes scope creep
Develop software specifically for the A/E industry for over 20 years Saw an opportunity a few years back with .Net to create something unique and special Fill void between generic but simple and complex ENR 500 type solution Out of that study was born our concept of ease of use and Ajera Last year we built upon Ajera to add even more functionality for growing firms with PORTFOLIO