non-goal-boundary-definition

Prevent scope creep by defining enforceable in-scope and out-of-scope boundaries for your v1 feature design. You must make non-goals specific and testable, ensuring deferred decisions do not add placeholder behavior to current APIs, schemas, or permissions.

A testable non-goal exclusion converts vague "not doing X" statements into specific, verifiable boundaries that QA can check. This ensures acceptance criteria include explicit "not present" checks to verify excluded artifacts do not exist in your implementation.

Define version boundaries by creating contracts that specify what v1 will and will not do, including forbidden assumptions about future work. This makes "defer" mean "no surface area added now" across APIs, data models, permissions, and UI.

Write acceptance criteria for out-of-scope boundaries by including explicit "not present" checks. These checks verify that excluded artifacts, such as specific UI elements or API endpoints, do not exist in your final implementation.

Yes, defining enforceable boundaries works for managing risk in platform changes and redesigns. It prevents unauthorized feature expansion by forcing non-goals and version boundaries to be explicit, reviewable, and enforceable during adjacent workflow migrations.