[if lt IE 9]> <script> document.createElement('nav'); </script> <![endif] Open main menu Edit this page Read in another language This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) The second-system effect (also known as second-system syndrome ) is the tendency of small, elegant , and successful systems to be plagued with feature creep due to inflated expectations. [1] The phrase was first used by Fred Brooks in his book The Mythical Man-Month . [2] It described the jump from a set of simple operating systems on the IBM 700/7000 series to OS/360 on the 360 series. See also Edit Anti-pattern Feature creep Inner-platform effect Software bloat ...