Singer: Insufficient detail, not over-specification, causes most product failures
Ryan Singer · A better way to plan, build, and ship products | Ryan Singer (creator of “Shape Up") · Mar 30, 2025 · at 47:28
Ryan Singer, creator of Shape Up and former Head of Strategy at 37signals, discusses whether detailed product specifications disenfranchise engineering teams.
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“The dominant failure case that I see in the real world is always again and again, not enough detail. And it's also the most common failure mode where the engineers run back to the product folks and say, I'm not getting enough from you.”
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