mission creep

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• Mission creep — is the expansion of a project or mission beyond its original goals, often after initial successes.[1] Mission creep is usually considered undesirable due to the dangerous path of each success breeding more ambitious attempts, only stopping when a …   Wikipedia

• mission creep — ˈmission ˌcreep noun [uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES a series of gradual changes in the aim of the people who manage a company or organization, with the result that they do something different from what they planned to do at the beginning: • The… …   Financial and business terms

• mission creep — noun The tendency for a military operation to exceed its initial purposes, drawing in more personnel and resources and pursuing more complex and wide reaching objectives • • • Main Entry: ↑mission …   Useful english dictionary

• mission creep — mission .creep n [U] AmE a series of gradual changes in the aim of a group of people, with the result that they do something different from what they planned to do at the beginning …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• mission creep — n. The process by which a mission s methods and goals change gradually over time. Example Citations: As it is, the whole process has been subjected to mission creep , with attempts to write in clauses that have more to do with consumer protection …   New words

• mission creep — noun Gradual expansion of the objectives, scope, and/or cost of a military mission without careful planning. Initially presented as a purely humanitarian mission, Operation Restore Hope gradually shifted from feeding Somalis to fighting them.… …   Wiktionary

• mission creep — /ˈmɪʃən krip/ (say mishuhn kreep) noun the gradual shift away from the original objective of a mission (def. 14) to a new one, usually under the influence of circumstances …  

• mission creep — noun a gradual shift in objectives during the course of a military campaign, often resulting in an unplanned long term commitment …   English new terms dictionary

• mission creep — UK / US noun [uncountable] a tendency for military operations in foreign countries to increase gradually and for more and more soldiers to be needed …   English dictionary

• Creep (project management) — Creep (as in functionality creep, feature creep, mission creep and scope creep) is a problem in project management where the initial objectives of the project are jeopardized by a gradual increase in overall objectives as the project progresses.… …   Wikipedia

• creep — creep1 [kri:p] v past tense and past participle crept [krept] [I always + adverb/preposition] [: Old English; Origin: creopan] 1.) to move in a quiet, careful way, especially to avoid attracting attention creep into/over/around etc ▪ Johann would …   Dictionary of contemporary English