A 5-day animation vs. your launch date

Today's warm-up: Scope Creep vs. Deadline (Associate PM · Execution & Prioritization)

Two weeks before launching one-click reorder, the lead designer proposes a slick button animation — “crucial for delight,” it'll boost adoption and make the feature feel premium. Engineering says it's a new library with edge cases on older devices: 5 extra days, real stability risk. Marketing's campaign is already scheduled; delaying wrecks the quarter's calendar. The core feature is built and tested. Do you ship the delight and slip the date, or protect the launch and iterate later? Someone's definition of “done” is about to lose.