Gold plating (disambiguation)

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Gold plating may refer to:

  • Gold plating, the method of depositing a thin layer of gold on the surface of other metal.
  • Gold-plating, the practise of national bodies exceeding the terms of European Community directives when implementing them into national law.
  • gold plating in software development or time management in general refers to continuing to work on a project or task well past the point where the extra effort is adding some value. After having met the requirements, the developer works on further enhancing the product, thinking the end user would be much more delighted to see the additional or enhanced features in the product, than what the user asked or expected for. The user might be disappointed at this, and the extra effort by the developer might go futile. This context is referred to as gold plating.