Chapter 13. How Much Detail Do You Need?
Requirements analysts often wonder how detailed their requirements need to be. There’s no single correct answer to this question, even assuming we could agree on just exactly how to measure requirements "detail." I can give you some ways to think about how much detail is appropriate in a given situation, though.
Who Makes the Call?
The central question to consider when deciding how detailed to make the requirements is: Who do you want to have making decisions about requirements details and when? If you’re willing to defer many of the ultimate decisions about product ...
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