Example
“Every stakeholder wanted their pet feature, so feature creep delayed the launch by months.”
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everything but the kitchen sink
CEFR B1an excessive collection of things; nearly everything imaginable, included without restraint
bells and whistles
CEFR B2extra, attractive but non-essential features added to a product
dogfooding
CEFR C1using your own product internally, before customers do, to test and improve it
gold-plating
CEFR C1adding unnecessary features, polish, or complexity to a product beyond what was asked for
golden path
CEFR C1the default, well-supported, happy-path way of using a system, opposed to exotic configurations
mission creep
CEFR C1the gradual expansion of a project's goals beyond its original scope
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