PMs must write full specs for self-evident fixes, blocking obvious improvements
Product managers working on established products face a documentation tax where engineering teams require formal PRDs and specs even for changes where the problem is already validated by support tickets and direct observation. This creates delays on straightforward improvements and forces PMs to spend time restating what all stakeholders already know. The root issue is that spec-writing rituals designed for new feature discovery are applied indiscriminately to maintenance and obvious fixes.
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