I once remember taking over maintenance of a previous project and being handed 20-25 pages of minute details(mostly meaningless to anyone but a newbie to the s/

I once remember taking over maintenance of a previous project and being handed 20-25 pages of minute details(mostly meaningless to anyone but a newbie to the s/w). But no mention of what happens overall. I spent a day to come up with a workflow diagram (in a page) that made quick sense. P.S: for those who like to blame outsourcing to India, this one was from a U.S contractor