Is It Out of Scope? — Web development
Is adding animations beyond the approved design out of scope for a web development project?
Yes. Building motion effects the approved design didn't specify is additional implementation work beyond the build.
The build is quoted against a signed-off design — including whatever motion the design spec called for. Requests for "can we make it feel more alive" after that point mean building interactions nobody scoped or estimated.
Is it out of scope?
Yes. Implementing animations beyond what the approved design specified is real engineering time — easing curves, performance tuning, cross-browser testing — beyond what the build's price covered.
Clause typically implicated
Clause typically implicated
Out-of-scope clause→ — Native development work, but implementing motion beyond the approved design spec puts it past what a routine build covers.
Example contract wording
Example contract wording (illustrative, not legal advice)
The build covers the animations in the approved design — additional motion effects beyond that are more implementation time than was quoted, so I'd scope those as an add-on.
How MarginFlow flags it
MarginFlow flags additional-animation-implementation requests outside_scope on development contracts once they go beyond what the approved design specified.