deep vs. wide

A challenge in developing both the Strategic Plan update as well as the Property Boundary Data Capture and Integration Framework will be establishing the right sample of stakeholder input.

Do we use a small sample and examine the needs and capabilities to an extreme level of detail?
Or do we census a wide stakeholder base and solicit from each only a small amount of pertinent information?

These are vital questions to answer before initiating the project. In the first case, we would need to winnow down the specifics of who needs to be interviewed. In the second, we must focus intensely on what we need to ask.