work-planning

Prevent scope creep by enforcing rigorous, outcome-based specifications for new software work packages before they enter the development pipeline. This ensures every task is testable and justified by a clear outcome.

Standardize engineering specifications by seeding a consistent plan.md template that enforces outcome-level acceptance criteria. This guides downstream phases like design, architecture, and review with clear requirements.

Gatekeep ill-defined tasks by validating strategic framing and requiring adherence to a pipeline-defined directory structure before allowing registration. This prevents redundant work from entering the pipeline.

Registering a work package without defining an engineering tier and acceptance criteria is blocked. The process mandates strategic framing and outcome-level specifications to ensure only high-value tasks are registered.

Apply outcome-based specifications in project management when maintainers need to define, size, and gate new features. It is required whenever you need to justify a task with a clear outcome before code is written.

Registering a work package requires a pipeline-defined directory structure to enforce standardized specification and strategic framing. This validates the task's outcome before it enters the development pipeline.