Is It Out of Scope? — Web design

Is building a custom plugin or module out of scope for a web design project?

Yes. Plugin and module development is engineering work, not design.

A design engagement can produce mockups for a piece of custom functionality, which sometimes gets read as an implicit commitment to build the thing itself.

Is it out of scope?

Yes. Designing what something should look like and writing the code that makes it function are different disciplines, even when the same conversation covers both.

Clause typically implicated

Clause typically implicated

Exclusions clause→ — Custom plugin or module development is engineering work excluded from a design engagement.

Example contract wording

Example contract wording (illustrative, not legal advice)

We can design what the plugin should look like and how it should behave, but building the actual functionality is development work outside this scope. That'd need to go to your dev team or a separate build engagement.

How MarginFlow flags it

MarginFlow flags custom plugin, module, or functionality-build requests outside_scope on design contracts, distinguishing them from visual or interaction-design deliverables.

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