Originally Posted by missipissi

I second this. You could have all of the meetings in the world and the team can nod their heads and all may seem well. Get on a video conference when they're out of the meeting room and things will likely be a bit different.

It really does boil down to the team "getting" your vision. Otherwise you are in for months of explanation and testing bad code. Not fun.

Good luck - whichever route you go!