Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 6th February 2001

Dilbert//4315, first published 25 years ago on Tuesday 6th February 2001

Tags

low battery indicator work day and night health decline other peoples problems creep likes

Open source transcript

THE FEATURE CREEP IS IT TOO LATE TO GIVE OUR PRODUCT A LOW-BATTERY INDICATOR?

I'D HAVE TO WORK NIGHT AND DAY FOR A MONTH! MY HEALTH WOULD DECLINE AND I'D MISS ALL MY OBJECTIVES!

I JUST REALIZED THAT OTHER PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS MAKE ME ALL WARM INSIDE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "The Feature Creep"

Summary:

• The comic strip features a meeting between three individuals, likely representing a management team.
• One of the attendees, visibly disheveled and unwell, expresses frustration with the lengthy meeting and the need for a low-battery indicator on a product.
• The meeting is delayed due to the discussion of an additional feature, which the attendee deems unnecessary.
• The attendee's health concerns are dismissed by the others, who prioritize the feature's implementation.
• The comic strip satirizes the common phenomenon of feature creep, where software development projects become delayed or derailed by the addition of new features.

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