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Scope Creeper
Just one small thing.
A Scope Creeper adds "one small thing" after everything was signed off.
Say yes to a few small things and watch the page. Then try the other answer. Poke the creeper to make it talk.
Days added to the deadline: 0. Still due Friday.
- Signed off: 5 pages, new logo
Signs you've met one.
- The request starts with "While you're in there..."
- The small thing has a small thing of its own.
- The deadline stays exactly where it was.
The change-request reply
Say yes and show the cost in the same message.
Happy to. Here's what moves: Adding: [the new ask] Costs: [time or effort] Moves: [what slips, or what gets dropped] Want me to go ahead on that basis?
Send it to a coworker.
Send this page instead of saying it. A first name is optional, and it lives only in the link, so it never reaches our server or the link preview.
Happy to. Here's what moves.
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That desk isn't your shell.
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Labels are not suggestions.
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It's 11pm. Schedule send exists.
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If you didn't read it, neither will I.
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Bus factor: one squirrel.
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Let's circle back to never.
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