(2004-04-03) Fowler Specification Communication

Martin Fowler [says](http://martinfowler.com/bliki/Specification By Example.html) One of the most dangerous things about a traditional requirements specification is when people think that once they've written it they are done communicating.

The same could be said about Status Report-s, Planning, and lots of other things.

• in a bitchier mood, maybe these things aren't really expect to communicate anything via their actual content, but only via their existence - "see, we do this".