Is It Out of Scope? — Web design

Is building an internal wiki out of scope for a web design project?

Yes. An internal wiki is a functional application for the client's own team, not a client-facing design deliverable.

This request usually comes up once a client's team has grown enough that institutional knowledge needs somewhere to live, and it lands with whoever's already building their site.

Is it out of scope?

Yes. An internal wiki is a functional tool for the client's own team to edit and reference — a different kind of deliverable entirely from the client-facing site design.

Clause typically implicated

Clause typically implicated

Exclusions clauseInternal tooling for the client's own team is excluded from a design scope focused on client-facing deliverables.

Example contract wording

Example contract wording (illustrative, not legal advice)

An internal wiki for your team is a different kind of project from the site design — it'd need to be scoped separately, likely with development rather than design.

How MarginFlow flags it

MarginFlow flags internal-wiki requests outside_scope on design contracts, since they fall under internal tooling rather than any client-facing deliverable category.

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