plan-review

Architecture plan reviews prevent scope creep by guiding structured questions and section-by-section progression to lock architecture decisions before coding. This enforces explicit scope and documented failure modes for complex features.

You need an architecture walkthrough for multi-service infrastructure changes that touch multiple components. It identifies dependencies, interactions, and data flow to assess the potential blast radius before implementation begins.

Documenting failure modes and test strategy requires outlining explicit boundaries, verification approaches, and rollback scenarios. A structured plan review enforces documenting what is not in scope alongside these failure scenarios.

Assess dependencies and blast radius for a multi-component project by analyzing services, APIs, and data stores. A structured plan review isolates one issue per question to evaluate risks and determine minimal viable changes.

Yes, you can use a plan review workflow for phased delivery of complex features. It determines minimal viable changes and secures section-by-section approvals, ensuring explicit boundaries are documented before coding starts.

Scope creep happens when architecture boundaries are undocumented. A design review prevents it by enforcing explicit scope boundaries, assessing dependencies, and documenting what is explicitly not in scope before implementation.