Effective project management handles changing project scopes or objectives with finesse. It involves planning with adaptability in mind, allowing for changes, ensuring projects remain aligned with strategic goals despite unexpected shifts, and developing a structured change control process to streamline requests, delegate tasks, and maintain project scope oversight. To manage scope changes effectively, a project must have a clear initial scope definition, a formal process to define, evaluate, and approve changes, and effective communication to the project team regarding scope changes. This is critical to ensure team members understand the reasons for changes and can adapt their work accordingly.