Once everyone has agreed on the requirements for the current phase, it is extremely important that they are formally documented. When everyone involved understands the requirements, it's very tempting to not write them down; after all, it's a boring chore that no one wants to do. One may even argue that it slows down development unnecessarily. However, we must fight against that temptation and be disciplined because of the following reasons:
- People have bad memories: I once read a tongue-in-cheek comment from an online discussion that said "Good programmers have good minutiae memory. Great programmers have good gestalt memory. Legendary programmers have no memory at all." Don't rely on your ...
