discovery-high-level-plan

To create a discovery plan, you transform vague intent into a governed action plan by determining scope, identifying artefacts, selecting skills, and inserting validation gates. This structured approach ensures clarity before development begins.

Discovery scoping determines the boundaries of a new initiative, feature, or iteration. It refines broad ideas into specific goals and identifies necessary artefacts to ensure a structured discovery workflow.

Intent clarification breaks down broad requests like improving user engagement into specific goals. It analyzes the problem and outputs a structured plan with steps, validation checks, and readiness for delivery without making product decisions.

The best way to structure validation gates is to insert refinement steps throughout the discovery plan. This governs the workflow by checking readiness for delivery and ensuring scope clarity before any artefact creation.

Discovery planning does not produce artefacts or make product decisions. It outputs a structured action plan detailing goals, steps, and validation checks to govern the subsequent discovery and delivery process.