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Some quick principles on communicating software project scope with clients that I follow:
  • Make it a picture.  It's understandable, digestable, communicable, and invokes thought on the part of the client.
  • Communicate scope early and often.  Change is inevitable...change without communication is inevitable failure.
  • Like Scotty on the starship Enterprise - never let them know how the magic happens. And always under-promise and over-deliver.
  • Invoke clients to think about what is agreed, and make sure they know when they're asking for something different than what's been agreed.
  • When you can, call out and itemize work that has been performed outside of the agreed scope.  Clients will either appreciate the work, or discuss a redirection, which is only better for everyone.