Feature Creep
Summary
As the project progresses, a large amount of new feature requests emerges. Their implementation subsequently leads to an increase of complexity of the product.
Symptoms
- new features comitted to code throughout the project, even in later phases
- late changes to requirement artifacts, or
- a higher ratio of “feature” or “enhancement”-type tickets added in later phases
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Sources
[HAR’16]