> I absolutely do not open an IDE until this process is done How do you deal with changing requirements? Or when your understanding of the problem changes midw

> I absolutely do not open an IDE until this process is done How do you deal with changing requirements? Or when your understanding of the problem changes midway into the project? I find that one or the other happens frequently. It's nobody's fault (most of the time), just the result of the reality that customers don't always know what they want and are frequently unable to accurately communicate what they want.