THE WHATIS.COM WORD-OF-THE-DAY October 31, 2002 feature creep ______________ TODAY'S SPONSOR: AMD
You want technology that's built for you. We hear you. That's why at AMD we design and build our processors with your needs in mind. We always have. We always will. To learn more visit http://www.amd.com/amdme ______________ TODAY'S WORD: feature creep See our definition with hyperlinks at http://searchcio.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid19_gci860179,00.html Feature creep (sometimes known as requirements creep) is a tendency for product or project requirements to increase during development beyond those originally foreseen, leading to features that weren't originally planned and resulting risk to product quality or schedule. Feature creep may be driven by a client's growing "wish list" or by developers themselves as they see opportunity for improving the product. To control feature creep, project management tools, such as the requirements stability index (RSI), are sometimes advocated. Feature creep and the deliberate spoonerism creature feep should not be confused with the "creature feature," the kind of horror movie that might be popular at Halloween. RELATED TERMS: requirements stability index http://searchsap.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid21_gci763845,00.html ______________________ SELECTED LINKS: Builder.com has advice for "Warding off feature creep." http://builder.com.com/article.jhtml?id=u00320020513gcn01.htm SearchCIO.com offers a collection of Best Web Links for Project Management. http://searchcio.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid19_tax283020,00 .html Gasamutra has an article about "Killing Feature Creep Without Ever Saying No." (Free registration may be required.) http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20001020/crabtree_01.htm Dilbert meets a feature creep. http://www.freelists.org/archives/hacknot/06-2002/bmp00000.bmp ______________________ QUIZ #31 | Laptops Our latest quiz is dedicated to all of you who at one time or another, have had to lug around, lost, or wished to own a laptop. Good luck! >> Take the quiz http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci859967,00.html ______________________ CROSSWORD PUZZLE #5 | Firewalls Improve your flexible thinking skills. Print out the puzzle and keep it nearby to work on throughout your day! http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci856796,00.html ______________________ REAL-LIFE CHALLENGE #19 | Internet banking while at work Rob's fellow employees want to know if it's safe to do their Internet banking over the company LAN. Can you advise them? http://whatis.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?msgInContext@;233.yYyLaVl9s HU.5@.1dcfae0e/154 ______________________________ RECENT ADDITIONS AND UPDATES [1] element http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci859557,00.html [2] OA&M http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci859556,00. html [3] portrait http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci859545,00.html [4] landscape http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci859544,00.html [5] TP0-TP4 http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci854617,00. html ____________________________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::::: WHATIS.COM CONTACTS ::::::::::::::::::: LOWELL THING, Site Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ____________________________________________________________________ MARGARET ROUSE, Associate Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER ::::::::::::::::::::: Published by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2002, All Rights Reserved. Unsubscribe from 'Word of the Day' - Simply Reply to this Email with REMOVE within the Body or Subject > or - Go to: http://WhatIs.techtarget.com/register - Log in to edit your profile. - Click on the link to Edit email subscriptions. - Uncheck the box next to the newsletter you wish to unsubscribe from. - When finished, click "Save Changes to My Profile."
