[zasdffaa]

OMG this is so spot on. I've been putting together a business document without clear statement of what's needed, and I get the necessary info on what they want in increments, in the form of 'no, do it this way' afterwards, without any overview. It's just taken so much time, so much more than necessary, and worn me down badly.

[stevage]

Wow this thread is surprisingly helpful for understanding just what is so taxing about a current project. It's never difficult. It's never repetitive. It's an endless series of poorly specified requirements that only get clarified after implementation, and I don't have access to the right stakeholders to do anything about it.

[catchclose8919]

Yes, this getting clarifications one drop at a time, or being unable to clarify things before doing them.

The KILLER extra topping for me is when you lack any kind of quick-iterative-feedback-loop too. Eg. maybe it's cloud infra done in a braindead way and any way to debug is to do a tens-of-minute-length rerun/redeploy etc.

I'm OK working incrementaly, and even with incremental ambiguity, but I need a FAST feedback loop to iterate.