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Define: "Scope creep"
What HR thinks it means:
Continuous or uncontrolled growth in a project's requirements after the project begins.
What it actually means:
"The client wants 50 new features for free, and the Account Manager already said yes."
Use it in a meeting:
"Thanks to terminal scope creep, our simple website redesign has somehow evolved into building a proprietary blockchain platform."
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