You're dealing with scope creep in an Agile project. How can you stay true to engineering principles?

Scope creep is not a engineering problem. Scope creep is a problem of a management: 1. Managing requirements and expectations - check how are you handling requirements coming to your team - do all parties understand concept of team capacity and priorities? 2. If you got something in - leave something behind. You got only capacity you team can deliver. 3. Work with stakeholders on removing road blocks or improving team capacity. Sometimes it make sense to optimise something not related to product - so your team can deliver more. 4. Once again - work with stakeholders :) In most cases, especially if your stakeholders are not techy - they just don't understand what is SDLC, and that you can't build google in 5 months :)

I can best answer this by paraphrasing the question. It reads to me like: 'You are dealing with a water dripping caused by a Hot icicle. How can you stay true to ice scraping principles?' The term 'Agile project' sounds like a 'hot icicle.' The rest of the question is a computer generated mumbo-jumbo.

One way to help manage the scope is to break needed functionality into features. There should be a higher level kanban where the features are managed, and discussions happen about any potential scope changes.

1. Prioritization: Make sure your product backlog is always up-to-date and prioritized according to the business value. The product owner communicates the priorities to the team. 2. Sticking to Iteration Goals: Once the goals for an iteration (sprint) are set, do not add additional functionality. 3. Regular Feedback: Feedback loops like daily stand-ups, retrospectives, sprint reviews, etc., are crucial. 4. Maintaining Documentation: just to ensure that everyone understands the SoW and the requirements for the project. 5. Adaptable Planning: Regularly re-evaluate and adapt your plans based on the latest feedback. 6. Effective Change Management: Implement a process for approving or rejecting changes.

Absolute necessity, having Agile, does not imply, we do eveything, rather we deliver VALUE continously and quickly. Communication, frequent and clearly about sprint objectives and goals, help set clarity on bandwidth and value delivered

Continuous interview and Feedback with the Customer is very important, the Question to the Customer should not be direct requirement. It should be farmed in the way the customer express their problem with the product as a end-user/personal way of working over the product(lazy methods), the will help us out from the scope creep.

Maintain a well-prioritized product backlog. Collaborate with the product owner to ensure that the most critical features are developed first. Regularly review and adjust priorities based on feedback and changing business needs. Allocate time within sprints for addressing technical debt. Ignoring technical debt can lead to increased complexity and reduced productivity, which can exacerbate issues related to scope creep.

Absolute true 👍 Some key pointers though: 1. Communication is important, more often desto better 2. Always good to focus on delivering VALUE over output 3. Know your team better, what works well, so that the upstream communication can be effective

Is it safe to say “No?” Agile isn’t just about speed—it’s about ensuring teams feel safe to say ‘no’ when it matters. While Agile promotes quick iterations, unchecked flexibility can lead to technical debt. That’s why psychological safety is key. Teams must feel empowered to push back on changes that compromise quality. Tools like 5 Voices foster the self-awareness, leader openness, and communication necessary to create this environment. Leaders should prioritize a culture where quality and integrity are non-negotiable, ensuring smart, sustainable progress.

Agile isn’t just about speed—it’s about ensuring teams feel safe to say ‘no’ when it matters. While Agile promotes quick iterations, unchecked flexibility can lead to technical debt. That’s why psychological safety is key. Teams must feel empowered to push back on changes that compromise quality. Tools like 5 Voices foster the self-awareness and communication necessary to create this environment. Leaders should prioritize a culture where quality and integrity are non-negotiable, ensuring smart, sustainable progress.