• Say “what X” the customer wants you to do.
  • But if you look closely, it is method, not [Objective.
  • Customers are not verbalizing their objectives properly.
  • What makes you happy about doing X?”
  • What problem do you want to solve by doing X?”
  • We need to get this out of them.
  • Do not proceed with development while the method has become an objective.

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