bmad-check-implementation-readiness

You can validate implementation readiness by cross-checking PRD, UX, Architecture, and Epics for completeness and alignment. This process guarantees traceability, maps epics to functional requirements, and outputs a prioritized remediation plan to fix gaps before Phase 4.

Implementation readiness validation is the process of verifying that PRD, UX, Architecture, and Epics are complete and aligned. It reduces gaps and miscommunication that can derail delivery by ensuring actionable remediation and traceability across planning artifacts.

To check UX and Architecture alignment, confirm that UX needs are reflected in architecture decisions and are feasible within the design. This alignment check prevents forward dependencies and ensures design constraints are respected during implementation.

Gap discovery and risk reporting surfaces missing items, ambiguous requirements, and forward dependencies across PRD and epics. It enforces best practices in requirements management by generating a prioritized, actionable remediation plan to resolve issues.

Yes, you can perform architecture validation and PRD-epic traceability checks without external dependencies. The readiness assessment operates independently on your PRD, UX, Architecture, and Epics data to output a complete prioritized remediation plan.

You should avoid implementation readiness validation if your PRD, UX, Architecture, or Epics are not yet drafted. The validation requires these planning artifacts to exist so it can cross-check traceability and identify actionable gaps before Phase 4.