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Gold plating in project management - Are you overdoing it? | SPP #81

Gold plating means intentionally adding extra features or functions to a product or projects you are developing which were not included in the scope statement. Usually, gold plating is performed by...

Dr. Adam Sykes

Dr. Adam Sykes

Founder & CEO

January 20, 2020
3 min read

Goldplating

Gold plating means intentionally adding extra features or functions to a product or projects you are developing which were not included in the scope statement. Usually, gold plating is performed by either the project team or the project manager with no additional cost to the client, possibly even beyond what is practical or reasonable for the effort. Is doing this worth it?

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Dr. Adam Sykes
Dr. Adam Sykes

Founder & CEO

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Founder & CEO of SwiftCase. PhD in Computational Chemistry. 35+ years programming experience.

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