My favorite term for the gold plating phenomenon is "Polishing the turd". This is very useful in those drag out meetings you mention as in "STOP! we are just polishing the turd". It may be construed negatively though. So use with caution. Are you comparing your product to a turd? Or just using a delightful metaphor to move things the along. :D
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My favorite term for the gold plating phenomenon is "Polishing the turd". This is very useful in those drag out meetings you mention as in "STOP! we are just polishing the turd". It may be construed negatively though. So use with caution. Are you comparing your product to a turd? Or just using a delightful metaphor to move things the along. :D