Intro
We make a lot of small technical decisions daily. Those decisions can be made quickly. For bigger decisions and approaches it’s important to take a bit more time. That’s where technical specifications become very important.
Technical specifications do not serve only for technical alignment between engineers, but they also help with alignment across organization.
Everyone interested in how a certain functionality is developed is available to take a look. This is a very powerful and transparent way to ensure cross-department alignment!
Why create technical specifications?
In every team environment alignment is very important. Here are a few reasons why technical specifications are very important:
Alignment within the team
Everyone understands what is the plan regarding a certain functionality and how to approach it. Everyone has a chance to provide their input, before starting a functionality, that ensures that a lot of things (edge cases) could potentially be uncovered even before the s…