brainstorming

To turn an idea into a design spec, use a structured brainstorming workflow that guides you through understanding, exploration, and design phases before producing a reviewable spec and an execution plan.

The best way to document architecture trade-offs is through a structured exploration phase that evaluates multiple approaches, requiring clarifying questions to define constraints before finalizing the design documentation.

Yes, you can use this brainstorming process for feature planning and requirements gathering, as it applies to scenarios like pre-coding problem decomposition and product planning where multiple approaches are needed.

The design documentation workflow enforces explicit user approval gates, presenting a reviewable spec that you must approve before it generates the final implementation plan without writing any code.

No, implementation plan generation does not skip the design phase; the workflow enforces a strict three-phase process where clarifying questions and design documentation must be reviewed and approved first.

You need structured brainstorming for problem decomposition when you have an initial engineering idea that requires evaluating multiple approaches and trade-offs to build alignment before starting any coding.