This is probably THE most common piece of feedback I give when people write up directions on how to do things.
“You said ‘if I need to do X then here are the steps’ but how would I decide if I need to do X?”
Or
“It says check if X is Y but it doesn’t say how to check”
The way I always explain it is that if your steps are asking me to make a decision then they had better explain the decision making process/inputs as well.
“You said ‘if I need to do X then here are the steps’ but how would I decide if I need to do X?”
Or
“It says check if X is Y but it doesn’t say how to check”
The way I always explain it is that if your steps are asking me to make a decision then they had better explain the decision making process/inputs as well.