Stakeholder demos keep reopening settled design decisions

If every fortnightly demo produces new design requests, then the design freeze never holds and build starts against a moving target.

Impact if it happens — rework across the component library, and a schedule that slips a little every sprint rather than visibly all at once. This is the slowest, hardest slip to spot.

Response (avoid) — change the demo format. Show, collect, then triage into the backlog rather than accepting changes live in the room.

Trigger to watch — more than three design changes accepted after the freeze date.