competing-plans

Parallel planning independently generates 2-4 implementation plans in parallel, then merges the strongest elements from each into a cohesive architecture design through a synthesis step. This evaluates diverse approaches to produce a superior final strategy.

You need competing plans for feature planning when complex implementation strategy decisions require risk-mitigation and exploring diverse approaches. Generating multiple independent plans evaluates trade-offs before committing to a specific architecture design.

To generate multiple implementation plans, provide a succinct 1-2 sentence prompt describing your feature, then request competing plans and synthesis. The workflow produces 2-4 independent plans in parallel and merges the strongest elements into one cohesive strategy.

Generating parallel plans requires no specific dependencies or environment setup. You only need to provide a succinct prompt describing the feature to plan, and the workflow handles the independent plan generation and synthesis automatically.

The best way to compare architecture design strategies is generating 2-4 independent plans in parallel and synthesizing them. This best-of-all-worlds approach merges the strongest elements from each plan into a thoroughly evaluated, cohesive implementation strategy.

Agent-based planning for implementation strategy requires providing a succinct feature prompt to initiate parallel plan generation. Limitations include the necessity of a synthesis step to merge independent plans, as generating plans without merging yields fragmented architecture designs.