Is It Out of Scope? — Web development
Is adding an extra landing page out of scope for a web development project?
Yes. The functional build was scoped to a specific set of templated pages, and a new page — even from an existing template — is additional build and QA work beyond what was quoted.
The build was quoted against a specific page/template count, and every page in that count is built, tested, and live. A request for one more landing page — often for a marketing campaign with its own deadline — comes in afterward. Even when the new page uses an existing template (say, a flexible landing-page builder block already built into the CMS), populating it is real work: content entry, QA across devices, and often campaign-specific tracking/pixel setup the original scope didn't include.
Is it out of scope?
Yes. The page count was what the build was priced against. An additional page — even one assembled from existing template blocks — is additional deliverable and QA work outside that count, though it's fair to price it lower than a from-scratch page given the reused template.
Clause typically implicated
Clause typically implicated
Deliverables clause→ — Names the specific pages/templates the build covers — a page beyond that list is outside the deliverables, even using existing template infrastructure.
Example contract wording
Example contract wording (illustrative, not legal advice)
The build scoped [X] pages, all delivered. An additional landing page is outside that scope; since it can use the existing landing-page template, I can quote it at [$X] rather than a full custom-build rate — that covers content entry, QA, and any campaign tracking setup you need on it.
How MarginFlow flags it
MarginFlow flags an extra-page request as outside_scope against the contract's extracted page count regardless of whether an existing template makes the build faster — the explanation notes the template reuse explicitly, so the suggested charge reflects a fair reduced rate instead of either full price or nothing, and the account manager isn't left guessing how much of a discount is reasonable.