It strikes me that the issue is, to some degree, rooted in the transfer of the vision from one person to another. I have struggled with this as well, on the sid

It strikes me that the issue is, to some degree, rooted in the transfer of the vision from one person to another. I have struggled with this as well, on the side of the 'visionary' rather than the developers. A quick search for 'how to communicate what you want with software developers' turned up what I expect is at least modestly helpful: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/224816 https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/224816 (2012) but I'd venture that the topic really is worthy of much more in depth treatment. A key element missing at least from that post is: How to confirm that the developer does understand what the vision is? If that can be confirmed, they would then be in a position to modulate the vision vs. reality, and, even contribute some of their own creativity. I suspect that this modulation frequently occurs with a start from misunderstanding. The divergence can be dramatic.