Breaking down a process or system into smaller modules to make it more accessible/easier to comprehend.
On the other
hand, it also
mean over-complicating a simple process to the extent of being
anal in the extreme.
Normal
Bloke: Here you are Old Lady, let me help you across the road.
Old Lay: Thank you, young man!
Project manager: Now then Normal
Bloke, we need more granularity here. Firstly, what road are you referring to? Next, is there any traffic on said road and if so, at what
speed is it travelling? We also need to define the camber of the edges and the traction factor of the tarmac under the temperature of the
day to ascertain the breaking distance of the road users in case of a Normal-Bloke-Old-Lady-slippage scenario. Next, we need...
Normal bloke: Fuck this, I'm off to Macdonalds.