We see a lot of feature-driven product design in which the cost of features is not properly accounted. Features can have a negative value to customers because they make the products more difficult to understand and use. We are finding that people like products that just work. It turns out that designs that just work are much harder to produce that designs that assemble long lists of features. Douglas Crockford
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As a product designer, you’ll spend most of your time trying to make your product better. Often this will mean adding new features and improving existing ones. It is easy to focus on these improvements because they are tangible and can be measured. However, they may not be the most important improvements.

As your product gets more complicated, it can become more difficult for users to use it. So, if you want to improve the usability of your product, it may be worth spending time reducing the amount of unnecessary features. A lot of feature-driven products spend their time building features that aren’t necessary for the business.

Some of this is due to poor business decisions but people often overlook the value of removing unneeded features because they are not easy to measure. Features can be costly in terms of complexity and they may not align with what people need or expect from the product.

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