The Scope Creep Kraken
Why not? It'll only take ten minutes.
The project begins with a real goal and a sensible one. Then someone discovers that the model can produce a decent draft of an adjacent feature in under a minute, and the mood in the room changes. AI broke the throttle that used to keep scope creep in check.
Symptom
Sprints that started focused and ended sprawling. 'While we're at it' added by the model in a single chat turn. Surface area you didn't ask for and now have to maintain.
Why It Matters
Scope creep used to fight friction. AI removed the friction without adding any judgment. The result is teams shipping more — and owning much more — than they ever decided to.
What the Chapter Gives You
How to recognize the Kraken in planning, the prompts and policies that keep AI inside the original goal, and the questions that cut adjacent work back to size.
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