{"id":1195,"date":"2022-03-24T23:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T23:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webkeyz.com\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2025-12-18T09:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T09:21:09","slug":"gather-assumptions-not-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webkeyz.com\/gather-assumptions-not-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Requirements The Best Place to Start a Project?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Requirements are often incomplete at the start of digital product initiatives. The article explains why teams should gather assumptions instead of fixed specifications during early discovery. It defines assumptions as hypotheses about users, problems, value, feasibility, and constraints. By documenting assumptions, teams enable validation through research, prototyping, analytics, and experiments. This approach reduces risk, prevents premature scope lock-in, and supports iterative decision-making. The article outlines steps to identify assumptions, categorize them by risk, test them using qualitative and quantitative methods, and refine outcomes over time. It emphasizes collaboration between business, design, and technology stakeholders. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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<\/span>The Road to More Successful Digital Products.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is estimated that 70% of software projects fail due to poor requirements.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When you calculate how much that costs in terms of rework, you have a real challenge on your hands.<\/p>

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