Stepped validation

Process:

1. I interview a customer about what they need
   
2. I share my notes from the conversations with my developer and explain to him the needs / problem.
   
3. I expect the developer to ask me questions and get the job done to *my* liking first.
   
4. The developer reports to *me* now, not the customer.
   
5. I still report to the customer, and the dev to me.
   

I call this stepped validation.