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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 10, 2026 • Session details

From Vague Ideas to Precise Specifications – AI as Process Catalyst

Patrick Schnell

Stop using AI just to generate code. Discover how restraint prompting turns language models into ego-free analysts that transform vague requests into precise user stories.

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#1 about 5 min

The cost of vague software requirements and missing context

Misinterpreted initial feature requests create expensive rollback cycles for software teams.

#2 about 3 min

Using language models as tireless requirements interrogators

Language models act as an egoless questioning engine to clarify goals, constraints, and non-goals before writing code.

#3 about 7 min

Generating clarifying questions from vague user feature requests

A prompting strategy extracts scope, data architecture questions, and execution risks from a single unresolved client email.

#4 about 6 min

Detecting contradictions and gaps in fragmented project communications

Analyzing diverse communication channels identifies hidden scope creep and conflicting business logic before implementation underway.

#5 about 5 min

Writing traceable user stories and acceptance criteria with AI

Resolved system constraints generate formatted user stories where every business rule maps back perfectly to its original source.

#6 about 3 min

Prompting strategies and domain knowledge limitations in AI specifications

Five key prompting techniques help prevent AI models from generating confident garbage when drafting technical specifications.

#7 about 3 min

Feeding structured software requirements into autonomous AI coding agents

Clean requirements improve the implementation plans of autonomous coding tools while aiding broader team cultural adoption.

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