Too much detail, then not enough

Szczegółowość a ukryte kryterium

Anna asks Tomasz for more detail and later for less. Tomasz tries to reconstruct a standard that nobody has stated.

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Tomasz, don’t go this deep into the details. I need the decision.

This is too shallow. Where are the assumptions?

Too much. Too little. What rule am I supposed to follow?

What should always be there, and what depends on the situation?

You’re right. I never made that clear.

One page for the decision, assumptions in the appendix?

Let’s test it.

Tomasz tries to build a stable rule from Anna’s feedback, while her expectations are invisible or changing to him. As a result, repeated corrections start to look like a competence problem rather than the absence of a shared standard. Before the task, define the audience, decision, scope and format. The level of detail should follow the purpose, not guesswork.