implementation-plan

Converting a technical design into an implementation plan involves breaking features into ordered, dependency-aware phases that each add one testable capability, generating explicit tasks and verifiable acceptance criteria for short iterations.

Phased decomposition in release planning is the process of breaking a technical design into 1–3 day incremental phases, where each phase delivers exactly one testable capability with explicit constraints and a clear definition of done.

Generating acceptance criteria and a definition of done for autonomous coding agents requires applying phase decomposition to a tech design, producing detailed phase specifications with verifiable constraints and PR-based deliverables for automated execution and review.

You can create a reviewable implementation plan from a repository tech design document by pointing to the design file, which structures the architecture into ordered phase specifications saved as a markdown plan for engineering sign-off and downstream agents.

Structuring engineering tasks for incremental PR-based deliverables requires decomposing the technical design into short phases, generating explicit tasks, PR naming conventions, and verifiable acceptance criteria for each incremental capability.