# BMAD Context Engineering Enhancement - Progress Tracker

## 🎯 Project Status Overview

**Project**: BMAD Context Engineering Enhancement  
**Start Date**: January 2025  
**Target Completion**: January 2025 (12 days)  
**Current Phase**: 📋 Planning ✅ Complete → 🏗️ Phase 1 Foundation ✅ Complete → 🚀 Phase 2 Agent Enhancement (67% Complete)  
**Overall Progress**: 60% (Phase 1 ✅ + Phase 2.1 ✅ + Phase 2.2 ✅ + Phase 2.3 ✅)  
**Codebase Analysis**: ✅ Complete - Foundation Implemented

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## 🚀 IMMEDIATE NEXT ACTIONS (Ready to Execute)

### 🔥 **Phase 2.2: Master Orchestrator Enhancement** ✅ COMPLETE

**Priority**: HIGH ⚡  
**Completion Time**: 30 minutes  
**Dependencies**: Phase 1 Complete ✅, Phase 2.1 Complete ✅  
**Branch Status**: ✅ Already on development branch  
**Commit Status**: ✅ Committed (707b527)

#### Completed Development Results ✅

- **Development Branch**: ✅ Already checked out and active
- **Foundation Complete**: ✅ All Phase 1 context capabilities available
- **Dev Agent Enhanced**: ✅ Phase 2.1 complete (lean context approach)
- **Orchestrator Enhanced**: ✅ Phase 2.2 complete (foundation context capabilities)

#### Completed Tasks for bmad-orchestrator.md:

1. **[x] Add Phase 1 context dependencies** ✅ COMPLETE

   - Added `context-optimization` to dependencies.tasks ✅
   - Added `context-handoff` to dependencies.tasks ✅
   - Added `context-validation` to dependencies.tasks ✅
   - Added `context-compression` to dependencies.utils ✅
   - Added `context-filtering` to dependencies.utils ✅

2. **[x] Update persona for basic context orchestration** ✅ COMPLETE

   - Added context management capabilities to core principles ✅
   - Updated focus to include context orchestration ✅
   - Maintained rich orchestration structure (147 lines < 180 target) ✅

3. **[x] Validate orchestrator enhancement** ✅ COMPLETE

   - File size compliance: 147 lines (✅ under 180 line target) ✅
   - Verified 5 context dependencies added ✅
   - Structure integrity confirmed (valid YAML + markdown) ✅
   - Orchestration capabilities maintained ✅

4. **[x] Commit Phase 2.2 orchestrator completion** ✅ COMPLETE
   - Commit Hash: 707b527 ✅
   - Message: "feat: Enhance bmad-orchestrator with foundation context capabilities" ✅

### 🔥 **Phase 2.3: Architect Agent Enhancement** ✅ COMPLETE

**Priority**: HIGH ⚡  
**Completion Time**: 15 minutes  
**Dependencies**: Phase 1 Complete ✅, Phase 2.1 Complete ✅, Phase 2.2 Complete ✅  
**Branch Status**: ✅ Already on development branch  
**Commit Status**: ✅ Committed (4029768)

#### Completed Development Results ✅

- **Development Branch**: ✅ Already checked out and active
- **Foundation Complete**: ✅ All Phase 1 context capabilities available
- **Dev Agent Enhanced**: ✅ Phase 2.1 complete (lean context approach)
- **Orchestrator Enhanced**: ✅ Phase 2.2 complete (foundation context capabilities)
- **Architect Enhanced**: ✅ Phase 2.3 complete (technical context management)

#### Completed Tasks for architect.md:

1. **[x] Add Phase 1 context dependencies** ✅ COMPLETE

   - Added `context-optimization` to dependencies.tasks ✅
   - Added `context-handoff` to dependencies.tasks ✅
   - Added `context-validation` to dependencies.tasks ✅
   - Added `context-compression` to dependencies.utils ✅
   - Added `context-filtering` to dependencies.utils ✅

2. **[x] Update persona for technical context management** ✅ COMPLETE

   - Added technical context management capabilities to core principles ✅
   - Updated focus to include architecture context analysis ✅
   - Maintained technical focus (71 lines < 120 target) ✅

3. **[x] Validate architect enhancement** ✅ COMPLETE

   - File size compliance: 71 lines (✅ under 120 line target) ✅
   - Verified 5 context dependencies added ✅
   - Structure integrity confirmed (valid YAML + markdown) ✅
   - Architecture capabilities maintained ✅

4. **[x] Commit Phase 2.3 architect completion** ✅ COMPLETE

   - Commit Hash: 4029768 ✅
   - Message: "feat: Enhance architect with foundation context capabilities" ✅

### 🔥 **Phase 2.4: PM Agent Enhancement** (Ready Now)

**Priority**: HIGH ⚡  
**Estimated Time**: 15 minutes  
**Dependencies**: Phase 1 Complete ✅, Phase 2.1 Complete ✅, Phase 2.2 Complete ✅, Phase 2.3 Complete ✅  
**Branch Status**: ✅ Already on development branch  
**Commit Strategy**: Continue sequential development with local commits

#### Ready-to-Execute Tasks for pm.md:

1. **[ ] Add Phase 1 context dependencies** ✅ READY

   - Add `context-optimization` to dependencies.tasks
   - Add `context-handoff` to dependencies.tasks
   - Add `context-validation` to dependencies.tasks
   - Add `context-compression` to dependencies.utils
   - Add `context-filtering` to dependencies.utils

2. **[ ] Update persona for product context management** ✅ READY

   - Add product context management capabilities to core principles
   - Update focus to include product context analysis
   - Maintain product management focus (target: <80 lines)

3. **[ ] Validate PM enhancement** ✅ READY
4. **[ ] Commit Phase 2.4 PM completion** ✅ READY

### 📝 **Subsequent Sequential Steps After PM**

**[ ] Continue with remaining planning agents** ✅ READY

- po.md, analyst.md, ux-expert.md, qa.md, sm.md
- All follow same foundation context pattern
- Sequential enhancement maintaining focus areas

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## 📋 Phase 1: Foundation (Days 1-4) - Status: ✅ COMPLETE

### 1.1 Core Configuration Enhancement ✅ COMPLETE

**Current Status**: ✅ Analyzed, ✅ Planned, ✅ Executed and Validated  
**Blocker Status**: None  
**File**: `bmad-core/core-config.yaml` (Enhanced: 26 lines → 68 lines)

**Implementation Checklist**:

- [x] **Create development branch** ✅ (Already on development branch)
- [x] **Backup current configuration** ✅ (Created .backup file)
- [x] **Add context_engineering section** ✅ (42 lines added)
  - [x] Universal settings block ✅
  - [x] Agent type classifications (dev vs planning) ✅
  - [x] Token limits and compression ratios ✅
  - [x] Enabled utilities per agent type ✅
  - [x] Performance monitoring configuration ✅
- [x] **Validate YAML syntax** ✅ (Passed npm run validate)
- [x] **Test configuration loading** ✅ (All agents validated)
- [x] **Verify backward compatibility** ✅ (No breaking changes)

**Phase 1.1 Completion**: ✅ 100% COMPLETE

### 1.2 Universal Context Tasks Creation ✅ COMPLETE

**Dependencies**: 1.1 Complete ✅  
**File Count**: 3 new files ✅ Created  
**Total Actual Lines**: ~470 lines across 3 files (as estimated)

#### Task Files to Create:

**[x] context-optimization.md** ✅ COMPLETE

- **Purpose**: Universal context compression and optimization
- **Target**: All agents (with different parameters)
- **Size**: 6.4K (~160 lines) ✅ Created
- **Location**: `bmad-core/tasks/context-optimization.md` ✅
- **Content Status**: ✅ Implemented with full specification

**[x] context-handoff.md** ✅ COMPLETE

- **Purpose**: Cross-agent context transfer
- **Target**: All agents
- **Size**: 8.5K (~200 lines) ✅ Created
- **Location**: `bmad-core/tasks/context-handoff.md` ✅
- **Content Status**: ✅ Implemented with full specification

**[x] context-validation.md** ✅ COMPLETE

- **Purpose**: Security and quality validation
- **Target**: All agents
- **Size**: 9.2K (~230 lines) ✅ Created
- **Location**: `bmad-core/tasks/context-validation.md` ✅
- **Content Status**: ✅ Implemented with full specification

**Implementation Strategy**:

1. Create all 3 files in sequence
2. Follow BMad markup patterns: `{{placeholders}}` and `[[LLM:]]`
3. Include proper dependency declarations
4. Test file loading with existing agent structure

**Phase 1.2 Completion**: ✅ 100% COMPLETE

### 1.3 Universal Context Utilities Creation ✅ COMPLETE

**Dependencies**: 1.2 Complete ✅  
**File Count**: 2 new files ✅ Created  
**Total Actual Lines**: ~330 lines across 2 files (exceeded estimate)

#### Utility Files to Create:

**[x] context-compression.md** ✅ COMPLETE

- **Purpose**: Lean utility for token optimization
- **Target**: All agents
- **Size**: 7.4K (~185 lines) ✅ Created
- **Location**: `bmad-core/utils/context-compression.md` ✅
- **Content Status**: ✅ Implemented with full specification

**[x] context-filtering.md** ✅ COMPLETE

- **Purpose**: Relevance-based content filtering
- **Target**: All agents
- **Size**: 9.2K (~230 lines) ✅ Created
- **Location**: `bmad-core/utils/context-filtering.md` ✅
- **Content Status**: ✅ Implemented with full specification

**Phase 1.3 Completion**: ✅ 100% COMPLETE

**📊 Phase 1 Overall Progress: ✅ 100% COMPLETE - Foundation Established**

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## 📋 Phase 2: Agent Enhancement (Days 5-9) - Status: 🔄 Planned, Waiting for Phase 1

### 2.1 Dev Agent Enhancement (Lean Context Focus) ✅ COMPLETE

**Current Status**: ✅ COMPLETE - Enhanced and Validated  
**Dependencies**: Phase 1 Complete ✅  
**File**: `bmad-core/agents/dev.md` (Enhanced: 66 lines → 73 lines)

#### Current Dev Agent Analysis ✅

- **Structure**: YAML configuration + persona + dependencies
- **Dependencies**: Enhanced with 5 context capabilities (lean approach)
- **Size**: 73 lines (✅ under 100-line target)
- **Enhancement Approach**: Minimal additions completed successfully

#### Ready Implementation Plan:

**[x] Analyze current dev.md agent structure** ✅ DONE

- [x] Reviewed existing capabilities and dependencies
- [x] Identified minimal enhancement opportunities
- [x] Documented current context usage patterns

**[x] Implement lean context enhancements** ✅ COMPLETE

- [x] Add context-optimization to dependencies.tasks ✅
- [x] Add context-handoff to dependencies.tasks ✅
- [x] Add context-validation to dependencies.tasks ✅
- [x] Add context-compression to dependencies.utils ✅
- [x] Add context-filtering to dependencies.utils ✅
- [x] Update core_principles to include context management ✅
- [x] Maintain current lean structure (target: <100 lines total) ✅ 73 lines

**[x] Validate dev agent leanness** ✅ COMPLETE

- [x] Test file size compliance (73 lines < 100 target) ✅
- [x] Verify lean dependencies (5 context enhancements) ✅
- [x] Check structure integrity (valid YAML + markdown) ✅
- [x] Confirm minimal context overhead (lean approach maintained) ✅

**Phase 2.1 Completion**: ✅ 100% COMPLETE

### 2.2 Web/Planning Agents Enhancement (Foundation Context Focus) ⚡ READY

#### Current Planning Agent Status ✅

**Analysis Complete** for all agents:

- **bmad-orchestrator.md**: 141 lines, rich orchestration capabilities
- **pm.md**: 62 lines, focused product management
- **architect.md**: Ready for technical context enhancement
- **po.md, analyst.md, ux-expert.md, qa.md, sm.md**: Ready for role-specific enhancements

#### Sequential Enhancement Approach (Using Phase 1 Foundation Only)

**Note**: This phase uses ONLY the existing Phase 1 context capabilities. Rich context features (context-retrieval, context-memory-management, semantic-search, context-analysis) will be added in Phase 3.

#### Master Orchestrator Enhancement ⚡ HIGH PRIORITY

**[ ] Enhance bmad-orchestrator.md** (Foundation Context)

- [ ] Add context-optimization to dependencies.tasks
- [ ] Add context-handoff to dependencies.tasks
- [ ] Add context-validation to dependencies.tasks
- [ ] Add context-compression to dependencies.utils
- [ ] Add context-filtering to dependencies.utils
- [ ] Update persona for basic context orchestration capabilities
- [ ] Maintain rich orchestration structure (target: <180 lines)

#### System Architecture Enhancement

**[ ] Enhance architect.md** (Foundation Context)

- [ ] Add context-optimization to dependencies.tasks
- [ ] Add context-handoff to dependencies.tasks
- [ ] Add context-validation to dependencies.tasks
- [ ] Add context-compression to dependencies.utils
- [ ] Add context-filtering to dependencies.utils
- [ ] Update core principles for technical context management
- [ ] Maintain technical focus (target: <120 lines)

#### Product Management Enhancement

**[ ] Enhance pm.md** (Foundation Context)

- [ ] Add context-optimization to dependencies.tasks
- [ ] Add context-handoff to dependencies.tasks
- [ ] Add context-validation to dependencies.tasks
- [ ] Add context-compression to dependencies.utils
- [ ] Add context-filtering to dependencies.utils
- [ ] Update core principles for product context management
- [ ] Maintain product focus (target: <100 lines)

#### Additional Planning Agents Enhancement (Foundation Context)

**[ ] Enhance po.md (Product Owner)**

- [ ] Add Phase 1 context capabilities (5 dependencies)
- [ ] Update core principles for backlog context management
- [ ] Maintain lean structure (target: <100 lines)

**[ ] Enhance analyst.md (Business Analyst)**

- [ ] Add Phase 1 context capabilities (5 dependencies)
- [ ] Update core principles for business analysis context
- [ ] Maintain focused structure (target: <100 lines)

**[ ] Enhance ux-expert.md (UX Expert)**

- [ ] Add Phase 1 context capabilities (5 dependencies)
- [ ] Update core principles for design context management
- [ ] Maintain UX focus (target: <100 lines)

**[ ] Enhance qa.md (Quality Assurance)**

- [ ] Add Phase 1 context capabilities (5 dependencies)
- [ ] Update core principles for test context management
- [ ] Maintain quality focus (target: <100 lines)

**[ ] Enhance sm.md (Scrum Master)**

- [ ] Add Phase 1 context capabilities (5 dependencies)
- [ ] Update core principles for team context management
- [ ] Maintain facilitation focus (target: <100 lines)

**Phase 2.2 Completion**: ⏸️ 0% - Dependencies: Phase 1 Complete ✅

### 2.3 Context Templates Creation

**Dependencies**: 2.1 & 2.2 Complete  
**File Count**: 2 new files

**[ ] Create context-handoff-tmpl.md**

- [ ] Define handoff template structure with BMad markup
- [ ] Add placeholder system (`{{context_transfer_purpose}}`)
- [ ] Include LLM instruction markup (`[[LLM: Generate context summary]]`)
- [ ] Add validation checkpoints
- [ ] Include error handling templates
- **Size**: ~80 lines
- **Location**: `bmad-core/templates/context-handoff-tmpl.md`

**[ ] Create context-summary-tmpl.md**

- [ ] Define summary template structure
- [ ] Add key information placeholders
- [ ] Include compression instructions
- [ ] Add quality validation markup
- [ ] Include formatting guidelines
- **Size**: ~60 lines
- **Location**: `bmad-core/templates/context-summary-tmpl.md`

**Phase 2.3 Completion**: ⏸️ 0% - Dependencies: 2.1 & 2.2 Complete

**📊 Phase 2 Overall Progress: 33% (2.1 Complete ✅, 2.2 Ready ⚡, 2.3 Waiting)**

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## 📋 Phase 3: Rich Context Features (Days 10-12) - Status: 🔄 Planned

### 3.1 Rich Context Tasks (Planning Agents Only)

**Dependencies**: Phase 2 Complete  
**Target**: Web/planning agents only  
**File Count**: 2 new files

**[ ] Create context-retrieval.md**

- [ ] Define semantic search procedures
- [ ] Implement intelligent retrieval algorithms
- [ ] Add vector search capabilities
- [ ] Include relevance scoring mechanisms
- [ ] Add real-time retrieval optimization
- **Size**: ~180 lines
- **Location**: `bmad-core/tasks/context-retrieval.md`

**[ ] Create context-memory-management.md**

- [ ] Define long-term context storage procedures
- [ ] Implement context archiving strategies
- [ ] Add retrieval optimization algorithms
- [ ] Include memory lifecycle management
- [ ] Add cross-session context persistence
- **Size**: ~150 lines
- **Location**: `bmad-core/tasks/context-memory-management.md`

**Phase 3.1 Completion**: ⏸️ 0% - Dependencies: Phase 2 Complete

### 3.2 Rich Context Utilities (Planning Agents Only)

**Dependencies**: 3.1 Complete  
**Target**: Web/planning agents only  
**File Count**: 2 new files

**[ ] Create semantic-search.md**

- [ ] Define advanced search capabilities
- [ ] Implement vector embeddings procedures
- [ ] Add similarity matching algorithms
- [ ] Include contextual search features
- **Size**: ~120 lines
- **Location**: `bmad-core/utils/semantic-search.md`

**[ ] Create context-analysis.md**

- [ ] Define context quality assessment procedures
- [ ] Implement relevance scoring algorithms
- [ ] Add freshness validation
- [ ] Include quality metrics tracking
- **Size**: ~100 lines
- **Location**: `bmad-core/utils/context-analysis.md`

**Phase 3.2 Completion**: ⏸️ 0% - Dependencies: 3.1 Complete

### 3.3 Rich Context Agent Enhancement (Final Enhancement)

**Dependencies**: 3.2 Complete (All Phase 3 rich features created)  
**Target**: Web/planning agents that were enhanced in Phase 2.2  
**Purpose**: Add the rich context capabilities created in Phase 3.1 & 3.2

#### Master Orchestrator Rich Enhancement

**[ ] Enhance bmad-orchestrator.md** (Add Rich Context)

- [ ] Add context-retrieval to dependencies.tasks
- [ ] Add context-memory-management to dependencies.tasks
- [ ] Add semantic-search to dependencies.utils
- [ ] Add context-analysis to dependencies.utils
- [ ] Update persona for advanced context orchestration capabilities
- [ ] Add cross-session memory management features
- [ ] Include quality metrics tracking integration

#### Planning Agents Rich Enhancement

**[ ] Enhance architect.md** (Add Rich Context)

- [ ] Add context-retrieval and context-memory-management tasks
- [ ] Add semantic-search and context-analysis utils
- [ ] Update for advanced technical context capabilities

**[ ] Enhance remaining planning agents** (Add Rich Context)

- [ ] pm.md: Add rich product context management
- [ ] po.md: Add rich backlog and user journey context
- [ ] analyst.md: Add rich business analysis context
- [ ] ux-expert.md: Add rich design pattern context
- [ ] qa.md: Add rich test strategy context
- [ ] sm.md: Add rich team dynamics context

**Phase 3.3 Completion**: ⏸️ 0% - Dependencies: 3.2 Complete

**📊 Phase 3 Overall Progress: 0% → Target: Start Day 10**

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## 📋 Testing & Validation (Throughout Implementation) - Status: 🔄 Planned

### Testing Areas

**[ ] Dev Agent Leanness Validation**

- [ ] Token limit compliance testing (<2000 tokens)
- [ ] Dependency count verification (<3 dependencies)
- [ ] Compression ratio validation (0.9 ratio)
- [ ] Code relevance assessment (>95% threshold)
- [ ] Performance testing (<1 second context assembly)

**[ ] Planning Agent Rich Context Validation**

- [ ] Context retrieval accuracy testing (>85% relevance)
- [ ] Context comprehensiveness assessment (>90% coverage)
- [ ] Cross-agent handoff success testing (98% success rate)
- [ ] Context quality scoring (>4.0/5.0 average)
- [ ] Rich context capacity utilization (8000 tokens max)

**[ ] BMad Method Compliance Validation**

- [ ] Natural language format verification (100% markdown)
- [ ] Template markup compliance (100% proper markup)
- [ ] File size compliance testing (all files <50KB)
- [ ] Agent type differentiation verification
- [ ] Dynamic loading compliance testing

**[ ] Performance & Integration Testing**

- [ ] Context optimization time (<500ms)
- [ ] Context compression speed (<200ms)
- [ ] Semantic search response (<2000ms)
- [ ] Agent context assembly (<1000ms)
- [ ] Cross-agent handoff latency (<300ms)

**[ ] Backward Compatibility Testing**

- [ ] Existing agent functionality preservation
- [ ] Configuration loading compatibility
- [ ] Template processing compatibility
- [ ] Workflow execution compatibility

**📊 Testing Overall Progress: 0% → Continuous throughout implementation**

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## 🎯 Risk Management & Mitigation

### Current Risk Status: 🟢 LOW RISK

**Mitigation Strategies in Place**:

- ✅ **Backward Compatibility**: All changes are additive
- ✅ **Incremental Testing**: Each phase can be tested independently
- ✅ **Rollback Strategy**: Git branching allows easy reversion
- ✅ **Size Controls**: File size monitoring to maintain <50KB targets
- ✅ **Documentation**: Complete specifications ready for implementation

### Risk Indicators to Monitor:

- 🟡 **File Size Creep**: Monitor all new files stay <50KB
- 🟡 **Dev Agent Scope Creep**: Ensure dev agent stays lean (<100 lines)
- 🟡 **Dependency Explosion**: Watch dependency counts per agent
- 🟡 **Performance Impact**: Monitor context processing times

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## 📊 Success Metrics Tracking

### Current Baseline (Pre-Enhancement)

- **Dev Agent Size**: 66 lines ✅
- **Dev Agent Dependencies**: 2 (tasks: 1, checklists: 1) ✅
- **Planning Agent Avg Size**: ~100 lines ✅
- **Configuration Size**: 26 lines ✅

### Target State (Post-Enhancement)

- **Dev Agent Size**: <100 lines (target: ~80 lines)
- **Dev Agent Dependencies**: <6 total (3 new context dependencies)
- **Planning Agent Dependencies**: 6-8 dependencies each
- **Configuration Size**: ~66 lines (+40 lines)
- **New Files Created**: 9 total (3 tasks + 2 utils + 2 tasks + 2 utils + 2 templates)

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## 🚀 **READY TO EXECUTE - START TODAY**

### Immediate Action Items (Next 2 Hours):

1. ✅ **Analysis Complete** - Codebase thoroughly analyzed
2. 🔥 **Create Development Branch** - Start implementation safely
3. 🔥 **Backup Current Config** - Preserve existing state
4. 🔥 **Begin Core Config Enhancement** - Add context_engineering section

### Success Criteria for Today:

- [ ] Development branch created
- [ ] Core configuration enhanced with context engineering section
- [ ] Configuration validates and loads correctly
- [ ] Backward compatibility confirmed

**Implementation confidence**: 9.5/10 ✅  
**Ready to proceed**: YES ✅  
**Blocking issues**: None ✅

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## 📅 Key Milestones & Deadlines

| Milestone                | Target Date | Status         | Dependencies |
| ------------------------ | ----------- | -------------- | ------------ |
| Phase 1 Complete         | Day 4       | 🔄 Not Started | None         |
| Dev Agent Enhanced       | Day 6       | 🔄 Not Started | Phase 1      |
| Planning Agents Enhanced | Day 9       | 🔄 Not Started | Phase 1      |
| Rich Features Complete   | Day 12      | 🔄 Not Started | Phase 2      |
| Full Testing Complete    | Day 14      | 🔄 Not Started | Phase 3      |
| Project Delivery         | Day 15      | 🔄 Not Started | All Phases   |

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**📝 Progress Notes**:

- Project plan approved and documented
- Ready to begin Phase 1 implementation
- All documentation and tracking systems in place

**🔄 Last Updated**: January 2025  
**✅ Next Review**: After Phase 1.1 completion  
**👥 Stakeholders**: Project team, BMad Method compliance team
