implementing-plans

Phase-by-phase plan execution works by loading an approved plan path and starting at the earliest unchecked phase whose dependencies are met, verifying each step with contract tests. This ensures clean working copies and traceable progress between phases.

Specification-driven plan execution organizes work using a plan while a governing specification defines the required behavior. This enforces contract-based tests, phase-driven progression, and strict dependency management across parallelizable workstreams.

You manage parallel workstreams during plan execution by respecting plan chunks and dependencies, ensuring governance-aligned progression. The system allows phase-driven progression only when phase dependencies are satisfied, maintaining workspace hygiene across parallel tasks.

Yes, contract-based tests are required for phase-driven progression. This approach applies specifically to software projects needing contract tests, phase test checklists, and clean-working-copy discipline to verify behavior against an approved specification.

Maintain workspace hygiene between execution phases by applying a bookmarking strategy that ensures clean starts and traceable progress. This clean-working-copy discipline prevents leftover artifacts from disrupting subsequent phase execution and contract test verification.

Avoid specification-driven plan execution for software projects that do not require contract-based tests or strict phase dependency management. Without an approved specification governing behavior and a structured plan organizing work chunks, the phase-by-phase verification overhead provides little value.