In Scope
The outcome of MSP will be self-empowered poor communities equipped with the know-how to build their own eco-friendly and self-sustainable houses which will be able to sustain the occupants providing them with food, water, electricity and shelter. Entrepreneurs, skilled at managing their own little craft businesses will be trained which will enable the community to generate its own income. Including youth trained with adequate skills to assemble computers including building local area networks which will be used for the e-government platform.
Therefore the scope of the project will include the training and building of these communities. With a focus on Eathship construction and its associated technologies, craft production and small business management as well as computer rebuilding and networking with an overall objective to alleviate crime and poverty.

Out of Scope
Due to the projects complexity and many unknowns, at this stage it is much to early to define exactly what (project related) will not be included in the project. Although a definite exclusion from the project is political alignment with any political party. Neutrality will be a priority to ensure full community involvement.

Preventing Scope Creep
To prevent scope creep, the “in-scope” and “out of scope” of the project will be more clearly defined and refined as the project plan unfolds, reducing potential scope creep. The project will also be broken down into clearly defined phases to realize the goals of the project. The requirements of each phase of the project will also be broken down into “must-haves” and “nice to haves” to distinguish between project priorities and project improvements. A scope change management process will also be integrated into the project.

Scope Creep Plan
Strategies which will be included in the scope creep plan will be the following:
Posting visual aids of the mission, vision and goals in a common area.
Referring to the project scope when changes to project objectives is forced to be made.
Building a small amount of scope creep into the budget and time line.
Meeting with team members on a weekly basis to discuss the project and its status