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To clarify underspecified software requirements, use targeted questioning to define objectives, scope, constraints, and acceptance criteria, ensuring critical details are understood before implementation begins to prevent wasted effort.

To stop making assumptions with vague user requests, ask structured questions that offer multiple-choice options and default suggestions, enabling fast-path responses for quick and efficient requirement clarification.

To define acceptance criteria when scope is unclear, identify missing details in the request and ask structured questions to establish boundaries, target users, and specific improvements needed before coding starts.

Yes, you can streamline the requirement gathering workflow by asking structured questions with default options and fast-path responses, which reduces friction and accelerates the clarification of development objectives.

You should ask clarifying questions about constraints before implementation begins, specifically when critical details are missing, to ensure all project objectives and scope boundaries are fully understood.

Asking targeted questions does not slow down the workflow if structured properly; providing default suggestions and fast-path responses allows for quick clarification, ultimately saving time by preventing wasted implementation effort.