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What - not at all? You want the moon-onna-stick - so that goes into your "preliminary requirements" document?
Yes. Because there is always the possibility that some smart geek will say "'moon-onna-stick', huh? I bet I could do that. I see a clever trick." Or maybe some other geek will say "Would you settle for Sputnik-on-a-stick?" and the User will say "Well, yes. Actually, that would be even better."
At least that is what they preach in the Process books.
It sounds pretty surreal to me. I would usually favour some reality-imposed limits to fantasizing and wishful thinking from the beginning - unless there are practically no time constraints at all.