Open Questions & Assumptions Log

Unresolved questions and working assumptions that affect upcoming work. One of three planning trackers — see CONTRIBUTING.md → "The Planning Trackers." Everything in this file is open — when a question resolves, it's deleted (compressed to a one-line pointer at its home doc), so the count never lies.

These starter questions are the kickoff prompts — the fresh-project version of "what do we need to decide?" Answer them in the kickoff (each resolution becomes a decision, a strategy-doc edit, or a queued phase), then delete them and add your own.

1. Who is this for?

Who is the primary user, and what job are they hiring the product to do?

Area: strategy · Opened: YYYY-MM-DD · Priority: high Thinking: The whole system orients around the strategy shelf; the shelf is empty until this is answered. Name the primary user narrowly enough that a phase can serve them. Resolves when: strategy/Vision.md states the user + the core job.

2. Scope

What is explicitly OUT of scope for the first milestone?

Area: scope · Opened: YYYY-MM-DD · Priority: high Thinking: Non-goals prevent sprawl more effectively than goals. Name what you're deliberately NOT building. Resolves when: strategy/Scope & Constraints.md lists the non-goals.

What's the smallest thing that would prove the core thesis?

Area: scope · Opened: YYYY-MM-DD · Priority: high Thinking: This becomes the first product phase's thesis. MVP vs later is the first real prioritization. Resolves when: the first phase is queued with a one-line thesis.

3. Risk

What is the riskiest assumption — the one that, if wrong, changes everything?

Area: strategy · Opened: YYYY-MM-DD · Priority: medium Thinking: Surface it early so phases can be sequenced to test it sooner rather than later. Resolves when: the assumption is either validated or converted into a Future Consideration with a trigger.