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Elizabeth Harrin

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Elizabeth Harrin is a mentor, trainer and speaker and authority on project management. She is the author of several books, most recently Managing Multiple Projects and Engaging Stakeholders on Projects: How to Harness People Power.

She supports small and medium-sized organizations with project management processes and upskilling delivery teams. Elizabeth specializes in helping teams manage multiple projects, engage stakeholders and still leave the office on time. She also provides content design and direction for project-led businesses.

Elizabeth holds degrees from the University of York and Roehampton University and is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management. As a practitioner, Elizabeth has over 20 years of diverse experience in ...more

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How to Manage Project Scope Without Scope Creep (with examples)

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Most projects don’t deliver their original scope: 54% of projects fail to deliver the agreed-upon functionality.

One of the reasons for that is scope creep – and that’s what this article is all about.

What is scope creep?

Scope creep in project management is where additional requirements are added to the project, beyond what was originally agreed, and these additions are not formally authorized.

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	Managing Multiple Projects: How Project Managers Can Balance Priorities, Manage Expectations and Increase Productivity really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 50 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Overcoming Imposter Syndrome 3.33 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Social Media for Project Managers 3.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Engaging stakeholders on projects : How to harness people power 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Project Management in the Real World really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collaboration Tools for Project Managers: How to Choose, Get Started and Collaborate with Technology 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Managing Project Scope: Shortcuts to success really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Customer-Centric Project Management 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shortcuts to success: Project management in the real world 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Project Status Reporting Made Easy: 7 Steps to Faster, More Effective Project Reporting 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Elizabeth Harrin made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please combine editions topic " Hello, please is it possible to combine the Kindle, paperback and hardback editions of my book? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... https://www.go ...more "
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Very interesting book, which posits that we can't switch off because of the nature of connectedness and how tech is intertwined with daily life -- and even if we did, a digital detox doesn't have any long term benefit anyway. There were a lot of new ...more
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