story-readiness

To validate story readiness, review individual stories for GDD traceability, accepted ADRs, technical requirements, manifest rules, dependencies, estimates, scope boundaries, and test evidence requirements to ensure they are implementation-ready.

Story readiness validation is the process of identifying missing requirements, ambiguous acceptance criteria, unresolved design issues, and invalid dependencies before a story is assigned to reduce implementation delays.

Checking acceptance criteria testability involves verifying architecture references are approved, dependency stories are complete, implementation scope is clear, and all referenced assets and technical requirements are confirmed.

Yes, you can validate all stories in a current sprint to identify unresolved design questions, invalid dependencies, and incomplete acceptance criteria, producing READY, NEEDS WORK, or BLOCKED verdicts with specific gaps and recommended fixes.

Before assigning a story, check GDD requirements, ADR references, engine notes, control-manifest rules, estimates, scope boundaries, performance budgets, story types, and test evidence requirements to confirm implementation readiness.

Manual story readiness checks often miss missing requirements, ambiguous acceptance criteria, and unresolved design questions across production story collections, leading to mid-sprint guesswork and implementation delays.