I think you misunderstood me/I was unclear. Yes, the macro-level view belongs in prose. In a word-doc perhaps. All I meant was that this doesn't preclude the

I think you misunderstood me/I was unclear. Yes, the macro-level view belongs in prose. In a word-doc perhaps. All I meant was that this doesn't preclude the use of tools like Excel (or Jira) to break up tasks into items and estimate their cost. If you like doing that, then great: you're not doing anything wrong.