This is a good answer. What managers dislike is a lack of transparency. "Research" is very vague. How can anyone tell what you were researching, or what the re

This is a good answer. What managers dislike is a lack of transparency. "Research" is very vague. How can anyone tell what you were researching, or what the result of it was? A very clear spec doc is a useful tool - almost like writing an essay - to demonstrate what your research uncovered.