The second system effect is basically death by 1,000 cuts. You avoid it by designing a new system that you need rather than designing a new system you think yo

The second system effect is basically death by 1,000 cuts. You avoid it by designing a new system that you need rather than designing a new system you think you might need in the future. It becomes a problem because you think "we're doing this whole new system, lets add two dozen bells and whistles we don't have or need yet, surely it won't affect time to delivery!" Bzzzt, wrong.