Don't boil the ocean

Meaning

This is corporate speak for not trying to do too much at once. It warns against undertaking a project that is impossibly large or unnecessary.

Professional, cautionary

Used in a sentence

• Let us focus on these three small features first so we do not boil the ocean.
• The project scope is getting way too big, let us not boil the ocean.
• We just need a simple landing page, so please do not boil the ocean with a full site redesign.