This approach seems very time consuming at first, but the first step itself starts to show you the ROI on the invested time.
When I start breaking down a task into smaller pieces, I often come across things I had not thought of when just thinking about the monolith. "Oh, I'm using X here, but where am I getting X from? That's another task."
When I start breaking down a task into smaller pieces, I often come across things I had not thought of when just thinking about the monolith. "Oh, I'm using X here, but where am I getting X from? That's another task."