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How to handle scope creep during your research project
Projects easily expand beyond original boundaries. New ideas keep appearing, and before you know it you cannot finish within your planned timeline. What practices help you contain project scope?
Hai Cui, Guohua Zeng and 41 others4 Comments-
Write down tempting new ideas into a separate “future work list”, resist adding them into current deliverables.
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Revisit your core research question frequently; cut features that do not serve your central goal.
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Set hard cut‑off dates for adding new variables or experimental branches.
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Your supervisor may suggest extra directions; evaluate whether they fit your original scope before committing.
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