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"When building a product, it is sometimes difficult to draw the line between what features to build and which ones to let go of."
— Andrea Saez
How To Avoid Feature Bloat"If that line is not drawn early and often, you end up with the most horrifying term any product will ever encounter: feature bloat."
— Andrea Saez
How To Avoid Feature Bloat"Also known as feature creep, feature fatigue, or feature overload — having too many features is something all teams must watch out for."
— Andrea Saez
How To Avoid Feature Bloat"A good place to get started is to use a product problem template. This template can be used by anyone in your team when they’re proposing a new idea."
— Andrea Saez
How To Avoid Feature Bloat"It changes the conversation from ‘let’s do x’ to ‘how might we be able to solve this problem?’ establishing product-thinking throughout your entire organization."
— Andrea Saez
How To Avoid Feature Bloat"They try to gather “requirements” and “new feature requests”"
— Andrea Saez
How To Avoid Feature Bloat"Instead, start calling these feature requests ‘customer feedback.’"
— Andrea Saez
How To Avoid Feature Bloat"This also allows you to ask questions, understand problems, and implement solutions that benefit your customers and product."
— Andrea Saez
How To Avoid Feature Bloat"Instead, approach things differently and start asking questions that will help you invalidate what you know so far."
— Andrea Saez
How To Avoid Feature Bloat"This might actually help you avoid adding product features altogether."
— Andrea Saez
How To Avoid Feature Bloat"You can prioritize half of the things you think you need to build by starting with your decision-making process at the very top of the funnel with a clear roadmap."
— Andrea Saez
How To Avoid Feature Bloat"a simple and solid place to get started is by setting clear objectives."
— Andrea Saez
How To Avoid Feature Bloat"Build what is actually useful in its most viable and essential form, present it to the customer, and then re-assess the next iteration."
— Andrea Saez
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