When 'Just One More' Rewrites Strategy

(00:00:00) Bridging the IT-Business Gap (00:00:43) The Hidden Costs of Small Changes (00:03:09) The Engineering Perspective on Scope Creep (00:04:47) The Decision Litmus Test (00:06:33) Practical Habits for Better Decision-Making (00:07:05) Implementing Decision Hygiene (00:08:33) Closing Thoughts and Call to Action (00:09:24) LinkedIn Follow and Review Request A single late-stage 'small' change — a UI tweak pushed in at sign-off — sometimes becomes the hill that breaks the roadmap: in one generalized example a late tweak consumed ~160 developer-hours, added six weeks to launch, and ~ $24k in execution cost. Mirko Peters opens with that micro-story and uses it as a springboard for a fresh framing: decision hygiene. He introduces a three-question "decision litmus" that quickly sorts fixes, scoped features, and strategic rewrites; presents a short guest clip from a product/IT lead who lived the consequence; and translates incentives into measurable signals leaders can track. The episode balances the business and engineering perspectives, offers lightweight costing heuristics, and delivers a one-page Decision Litmus checklist listeners can download and use immediately. Practical, number-backed steps, templates, and governance habits make this more than another scope-creep lecture — it’s a field guide for stopping 'just one more' before it becomes debt.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/business-it-it-business--6867401/support.To continue the conversation, follow Mirko Peters on LinkedIn, where more insights and real-world examples are shared from both business and IT perspectives.