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To maintain PRD-to-code traceability, align your product vision with executable plans through versioned documents, tests, and code. Enforce traceability matrices and explicit IDs to keep artefacts in sync and prevent documentation drift.

A DoD gate is a checkpoint enforcing end-to-end validation before delivery. You need it for medium-to-large projects requiring strict documentation, auditable decisions, and traceable progress to prevent rework and ensure alignment.

Prevent documentation drift by enforcing explicit IDs, traceability matrices, and upgrade/downgrade workflows. Keep your PRD, versioned plans, tests, and code in sync through disciplined commits and auditable ECN processes.

This framework is designed for medium-to-large projects requiring strict documentation, versioned plans, and end-to-end validation. Small agile projects may find the DoD gates and ECN workflows too heavy for their scale.

Start implementing a traceability matrix by drafting a PRD, then create a versioned plan like docs/plan/vN-topic. Align tests and code to the plan, and push commits to establish traceable progress and auditable delivery.

Documentation drift and rework happen when PRD, plans, tests, and code lack enforced traceability. Without gatekeeping mechanisms like DoD gates and traceability matrices, artefacts fall out of sync and vision alignment fails.