颗粒度
the level of actionable detail
Product Requirements Jargon
Translate granularity, core flows, and edge cases into behavior, boundaries, and acceptance criteria.
Product jargon often hides the behavior, edge cases, scope, and acceptance criteria that make a requirement buildable. Translate labels into observable system behavior.
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What frequent expressions really mean
核心链路
the primary user flow from trigger to outcome
异常场景
failure and edge-case behavior
落地
turn the direction into a buildable plan
基建
shared foundational capability
Product requirements jargon examples
Each example restores the people, actions, decisions, or measures omitted by the Chinese original.
1
Insufficient granularity
这个方案颗粒度还不够。
Clear English
Add user steps, system responses, error handling, ownership, and testable acceptance criteria.
The original leaves out: Which decisions the extra detail must enable.
2
Edge cases
异常场景需要再补齐。
Clear English
Explain the UI and data behavior for expired codes, network interruption, and duplicate submission.
The original leaves out: The failure types and expected behavior.
3
Make it executable
这个方向可以，细节再落地一下。
Clear English
Add a wireframe, API dependencies, owner, schedule, and acceptance checklist.
The original leaves out: The artifacts between strategic approval and execution.
4
Core flow
核心链路需要再梳理一下。
Clear English
Document the steps from account creation through payment, including the system response and data owner at each handoff.
The original leaves out: The start, end, steps, and reason for reviewing them.
5
Shared infrastructure
先补一层消息能力基建。
Clear English
Build shared templates, send logs, and retry handling for SMS, email, and in-app messages.
The original leaves out: The first-release scope, consumers, ownership, and acceptance criteria.
Clarity checklist
- Name the user, trigger, action, and system response.
- Give the main and failure flows explicit outcomes.
- Separate first-release scope from excluded work.
- Make acceptance criteria directly testable.
Questions and templates to reuse
- 1.When 【user】 takes 【action】 under 【condition】, the system should 【response】.
- 2.Version one includes 【scope】 and excludes 【scope】 because 【reason】.
- 3.Acceptance: under 【precondition】, the user can reach 【result】; on failure, show 【message】.
Jargon in this scenario
颗粒度 (kē lì dù)The level of detail used to break down and describe information.对齐 (duì qí)Confirm that the relevant people share an understanding of the goal, scope, roles, or decision.ownerThe person accountable for moving a piece of work toward its result.拉通 (lā tōng)Connect the relevant teams, people, systems, or processes so they can work end to end.