Granted, detailed requirements are good. But many - if not most - clients are unable to write a requirements document on their own. So it becomes part of the co

Granted, detailed requirements are good. But many - if not most - clients are unable to write a requirements document on their own. So it becomes part of the contractor's job to help them develop the requirements. I've seen a number of cases where the client spends a lot of time writing detailed requirements that are technically infeasible. They may not realize that in their simple "if x then y" statement, x is actually the result of a fifty step process involving a unicorn and a carebear making sweet love.