u/Exciting-Ad4291

I've noticed a recurring problem in product teams:

PRDs and SRS documents define what the product should do, then designers turn that into flows and screens. But by the time the final UI is ready, it's surprisingly easy for things to drift.

Requirements get missed.
UX issues are discovered late.
Accessibility considerations get overlooked.
And sometimes the final screens simply don't reflect what was originally agreed upon.

I'm curious how other teams handle this.

Before development starts, does anyone actually validate the final screens against the original PRD/SRS/specs?

If you do, what does that process look like?

• Manual review?
• Design/PM checklist?
• QA review?
• Automated tools?
• Something else?

And who usually owns that responsibility — Design, Product, QA, or Engineering?