Calculate scope creep

Total non-negative extra hours and labour cost for requested work outside an original project scope.

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How it works

Each row contributes its stated hours, and row cost multiplies those hours by the supplied rate. The final totals sum hours and rounded row costs without adding materials, tax, contingency, or schedule effects.

  • No rate is assumed because contracts and roles differ.
  • The output is an estimate and does not itself authorize or amend a change order.

Worked example

Calculate scope creep
Input
											Changes: Extra landing page, 8
CRM integration, 12
Hourly rate: 75
Output
												Change              Hours  Cost
------------------  -----  ----
Extra landing page  8      600
CRM integration     12     900

When to use this

Agencies price out-of-scope requests, consultants prepare change estimates, and retrospectives total unplanned delivery time.

Edge cases

  • Nonnumeric or negative hours are rejected instead of contaminating or reducing the total.
  • A comma inside the change description breaks the two-field row structure.
  • Materials, tax, delay, dependencies, and opportunity cost remain outside the hourly-labour result.