How do yo limit feature creep?

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So I'm not the only one that thinks Scrums are absurd?

I tried looking at scrum some time ago, but when I found they use the term "ceremony" it was clearly a dangerous cult.

[I wanted a rude username]

Most feature creep occurs because people think what they are adding will take little time and have great rewards. What people need to do is engage in a more critical assessment of the worked needed for each additional feature at the moment the idea comes up.

You're right. I already do this (even with some semblance of accuracy), and tend to forget how hard it was to learn.

Once you can estimate the complexity of tasks, then it pays to evaluate their opportunity cost.