What challenges are you facing when scoping a product?

Hi IH community!

I have 5+ years of experience working as a solutions architect and pre-sales engineer in an enterprise sector where I mostly dealt with scoping products.

I know that proper identification of requirements, requirements negotiation, correct definition, and scoping of projects is one of the keys to overall success. But also, I know how this process can be hard and intimidating so I've decided to use my knowledge and create a simple and effective scoping methodology for solo entrepreneurs/small businesses where there is no dedicated budget and timeframe for implementing the scoping process.

Since I have an enterprise background and somewhat idea of what struggles may occur for small entrepreneurs I would appreciate it if you could share some challenges that you've had in the past (or have right now).

• What methodology or tools did you use for scoping?
• Where did you struggle with it?
• What were the consequences?
• Is scope creep something that you see often?
• ... and anything else that comes to your mind :)

I would be super grateful for any of your input! Cheers!