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  • A system's users seldom know exactly what they want and cannot articulate all they know.
  • Even if we could state all requirements, there are many details that we can only discover once we are well into implementation.
  • Even if we knew all these details, as humans, we can master only so much complexity.
  • Even if we could master all this complexity, external forces lead to changes in requirements, some of which may invalidate earlier decisions.

-- "A Rational Design Process: How and Why to Fake It", David Parnas, Paul Clements - 1986

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