Analyzing Scope Creep
Years ago, I was a part of an educational initiative that served as a clear reminder to this day of how scope creep can slowly derail even the most promising ideas (Walden, n.d). The educational initiative was a project funded through a state grant with the goal of strengthening collaboration between the college mathematics department and local high school teachers. The objective seemed to be straightforward , which was to help high school teachers earn either a master's degree in mathematics through our online program or at least 18 credit hours, which would enable them to teach dual credit courses. The project was divided into subject-focused groups: statistics, college algebra, calculus, and trigonometry. Each group had two professors from the math department as their mentors. I was one of two processors working closely with the statistics group. The main objective for each group was to d...