[briandear]

That analyst can go suck an egg. The majority of startups these days use some form of Agile. As far as 'developer backlash' -- you're damned right: backlash against 500 page spec docs that are, for the most part worthless the second the software is released.

[nimblegorilla]

I'd say many products with 500 page spec docs never even get to the release stage.