Dependency vs requirement

dih-PEN-dun-seerequirement · rih-KWYR-mint

Something you need from another team or system before you can finish, not something the product must do.

“Our main dependency is the payments team's new endpoint, due next Friday.”

When “requirement” is right“A hard requirement is that exports finish in under ten seconds.”

From Tue, Sep 29 2026 · Status updates & commitments

Practice it out loud

Give a status update on one real project out loud. Say what you commit to, one risk, and one piece of progress (not activity). Keep each to one sentence and don't use 'just' or 'basically'.

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