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Over-specifying a design makes it harder to estimate, not easier: the more specific the work, the more hidden complexity a mockup commits the team to.

Drawn from what Ryan Singer said

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design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

designunder our current: The user is not you: design for what they need, and study them to improve what exists Who should design software, and how?under our view: The maker should work in the medium and shape it rough: build the thing, not a picture of it

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    Author of Shape Up; formerly head of strategy at Basecamp

    Over-specifying the design also leads to estimation errors. Counterintuitive as it may seem, the more specific the work is, the harder it can be to estimate.

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