Avoid gold plating

- Do you know someone…who just won't stop working on a product until…they get it absolutely perfect?…Maybe that person is you.…If so, you're probably guilty of gold plating.…But hold on, no need to get nervous.…For this crime, you won't be going to jail.…Now that that monkey has been lifted off of your shoulders,…let's wrap our heads around what exactly is gold plating.…This way, you won't violate the laws of project management.…Gold plating involves working on a project…or deliverable after the requirements have been met.…

For example, you add a nice-to-have feature to a product…that was not agreed to in the scope baseline.…Although your intentions were good,…you fell into the perfectionist trap,…tweaking at deliverable after its acceptance criteria…has already been met.…There are many reasons why this happens,…but one of the main reasons…is that you feel the need to please the customer…or impress other stakeholders.…You might get an A for effort,…but you went above and beyond what…was originally expected and agreed to.…