1. Waste. Very little in a product is actually required 2. They focus on solutions, not problems. Sounds like he's been in too many environments completely la

1. Waste. Very little in a product is actually required 2. They focus on solutions, not problems. Sounds like he's been in too many environments completely lacking in adult supervision, where no one seems to know the ABCs of writing good design documents (of any stripe). I find it's just that hard to teach the basics, and once people get points 1 and 2 (which, as he correctly identifies, are huge) things work out much more smoothly for all concerned.