As others have noted for at least a decade, 'granular' has become clichéd in business jargon for 'fine-grained' or just 'precise.'
I'm seeking a word or term (there must be one...) that sounds a little more, well, 'refined' and less trendy, to describe the segmentation of a large group of stuff into smaller and smaller pieces. For example, if a company moved from per-hour billing to per-second billing, I'd like to say they've become more 'fine-grained' -- but I'd like to dodge that grain metaphor.
Any ideas much appreciated.