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I don't believe that one bit. They have a scoped heavy perspective on what they are doing so they don't skew into feature creep. It has nothing to do with big t

I don't believe that one bit. They have a scoped heavy perspective on what they are doing so they don't skew into feature creep. It has nothing to do with big teams and little teams. Either model can work as long as you break projects down and prevent feature creep. The more features a service has to support the larger the team has to be and thus enters feature creep. And there is Product teams who think they are smarter than everyone claiming more feature ideas while increasing their department size and this only adds to feature creep because literally it is just echo chamber of development hell.

danjac 4y ago
The thing is that "feature creep" is a symptom rather than cause. "Feature creep" in a small company is a sign of flailing around trying to capture a market. Sometimes a whole new feature is developed under pressure from Sales to land a big whale client, or a desperate CEO who thinks runaway success is just that one key feature away. In a big company feature creep may be the result of a corporate culture that doles out promotions and bonuses for building shiny new things rather than the boring work of maintaining old things. Google is a good example of this, only with entire new services rather than features. Either way feature creep is symptomatic of deeper problems with a company, regardless of size.
- Sparkyte 4y ago
  I completely agree. You can certainly have it at all sizes and the runaway of feature creep usually ends up in over hiring.
Nathanael_M 4y ago
I really appreciate this comment. You've very clearly presented a problem that I hadn't considered and now that you've presented it, I can immediately see it in my work life. The business I'm with is suffering from "service" creep. "We can and will do anything." It's really damaging the quality of our services and putting a lot of pressure on us to expand in a direction that's not our biggest area of opportunity. You've given my something to think about.

danjac 4y ago

The thing is that "feature creep" is a symptom rather than cause. "Feature creep" in a small company is a sign of flailing around trying to capture a market. Sometimes a whole new feature is developed under pressure from Sales to land a big whale client, or a desperate CEO who thinks runaway success is just that one key feature away. In a big company feature creep may be the result of a corporate culture that doles out promotions and bonuses for building shiny new things rather than the boring work of maintaining old things. Google is a good example of this, only with entire new services rather than features. Either way feature creep is symptomatic of deeper problems with a company, regardless of size.

Sparkyte 4y ago
I completely agree. You can certainly have it at all sizes and the runaway of feature creep usually ends up in over hiring.

Nathanael_M 4y ago

I really appreciate this comment. You've very clearly presented a problem that I hadn't considered and now that you've presented it, I can immediately see it in my work life. The business I'm with is suffering from "service" creep. "We can and will do anything." It's really damaging the quality of our services and putting a lot of pressure on us to expand in a direction that's not our biggest area of opportunity. You've given my something to think about.