I previously asked readers to share their experiences with overambitious projects. Here were some of the replies:
Creative people always desire to create a perfect product. And it is very difficult to stop perfecting it… It’s not easy to differentiate between essential and supplementary features.
Also interesting fact from the “big science” molecular biology – the Human Genome project (that was also saturated with computation and programming). Finishing sequencing took as much time as the first 90% of sequencing work.
So true. There's an understandable amount of pride that creatives and entrepreneurs feel about their work--sometimes to their detriment.
And also this suggestion on how to handle feature-hungry clients
As a product manager, I have dealt with this issue many times. It always helps to ask the client (internal or external) to estimate the additional sales that will occur if the new feature is added. Invariably they either realize the answer is zero, or understand they have no way to credibly answer. No additional sales, no money for development. Simple but effective.
What a fantastic idea. It lets the client clearly see the value of each additional requirement.
-Judi
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