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A gated development pipeline enforces mandatory transitions between specification, planning, implementation, and verification phases. You need this for complex multi-file refactors or new feature integrations to prevent skipped verification and ensure project state consistency.

You enforce specification and verification by applying a control plane with machine-readable artifacts and task-level validation contracts. This maintains progress tracking and ensures every feature is properly specified and verified before delivery.

Yes, a strict development pipeline is designed for complex multi-file refactoring tasks. It manages dependencies and ensures every task is validated against acceptance criteria to maintain project state consistency during the integration process.

The best way to track project state consistency is maintaining machine-readable progress tracking via a control plane. This prevents lost work or skipped verification by enforcing task-level validation contracts across the development lifecycle.

Yes, you need a control plane to orchestrate complex feature development because it provides the machine-readable artifacts required for state management. Strict adherence to these artifacts ensures dependencies are managed and gated transitions are enforced.

Unmanaged software development causes skipped verification because it lacks a strict gated pipeline for state management. Without machine-readable progress tracking via a control plane, tasks are not validated against acceptance criteria, leading to lost work and inconsistent project states.