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Does the "wisdom of the crowds?" help in this case?

At the company I just did a project for, there were no requirements that weren't vague general statements, only "bugs" that are discovered after the fact. Discovery after playing with the app is fine, but calling it a bug is not. Also, all estimates were done on the spot or on short notice (as if they were "bugs.")

Even worse, it turns out that there is a lot of knowledge about requirements and use cases, but it only comes out in the form of "this is a bug because..."

You can think of this as "avoiding documentation through blame."



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