avoid-feature-creep

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Ship focused features, avoid bloating.

AuthorEricJamesCrow
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

Prevents teams from adding unnecessary features, helping deliver focused MVPs on time and with less churn.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Decision Framework: A structured 5-step checklist to validate problems, alignment, impact, complexity, and final gut check before adding features.
  • Scope Management Rules: Templates and processes to define MVP scope, explicitly mark out-of-scope areas, and defend priorities.
  • Backlog Hygiene & AI Session Discipline: Practices to audit backlog items, log scope decisions, and manage AI agent suggestions.
  • Governance & Documentation: Logging decisions, versioning scope changes, and maintaining a single source of truth for scope decisions.

Quick Start

Use the 5-step decision framework and the MVP scope template before accepting any new feature request.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

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Name: avoid-feature-creep
Download link: https://github.com/EricJamesCrow/smartpockets/archive/main.zip#avoid-feature-creep

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