Contra to this, putting together design docs/PRDs/RFCs at an early stage is useless busywork, and engineers should go grab a coffee together and have an open-en

Contra to this, putting together design docs/PRDs/RFCs at an early stage is useless busywork, and engineers should go grab a coffee together and have an open-ended informal discussion about their work before they do anything else. Attempting to stop your team from working in isolation by throwing paperwork at them is less effective than just getting them to talk to each other.