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Feature Creep: How Overbuilding Kills Your MVP

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By LegrescaTech Expert & Industry Thought Leader
📅Jan 25, 2025
⏱️10 min read
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Feature Creep: How Overbuilding Kills Your MVP
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Feature creep is when products gain unnecessary features beyond the original MVP, leading to delays and confusion.

It happens due to competition fears, stakeholder pressure, user requests, or a lack of clear product vision.

At the MVP stage—yes. Once you've reached product-market fit, controlled feature expansion can help grow.

Use frameworks like MoSCoW, launch early, and track core metrics instead of chasing every feature idea.

If your MVP takes longer than six months or more than 3–4 must-have features, you're probably overbuilding.

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