design-review

A pre-plan design review evaluates a design document against a 9-point checklist covering problem clarity, architecture fit, and test strategy to identify gaps and missing validation details before implementation begins.

A pre-plan design review checklist includes problem clarity, success criteria, architecture fit, alternatives, scope, justification, consistency, test strategy, and handoff quality to ensure complete spec validation before planning.

Checking if an architecture design is ready for implementation planning requires a path verification process that issues a ready-for-planning verdict based on severity-ranked findings from a structured design review.

Yes, an iterative re-review loop supports issue triage and resolution tracking for design documents, applying severity-based gates and model step-down on later iterations to validate spec updates during feature work.

Identifying missing test strategy and coverage gaps in a feature design requires a structured design review that triages the document for inconsistencies and missing validation details before a planner generates the implementation plan.

Spec validation before generating an implementation plan catches design gaps, inconsistencies, and missing test coverage when fixes are cheapest and least disruptive, preventing inaccurate planning from proceeding on incomplete architecture.