Decisions that are pending and would block or shape work — each naming what would resolve it. Nothing else lives here: known answer + small work goes to the punch list, known direction goes to Future Considerations. At phase open you read your area's questions, not all of them.
3 high priority · 3 topics · areas match the feature registry
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.
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.
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.
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.
Source: planning/Open Questions & Assumptions Log.md — read your area's questions at phase open