describe-good-phase

What Makes a Good Phase

A Phase is:

• Small enough to complete in one tight iteration loop
• Large enough to produce visible, testable progress
• Reviewable against explicit acceptance criteria
• Internally coherent, with one primary intent

A Phase is NOT:

• An open-ended milestone
• A roadmap
• A grab-bag of unrelated tasks
• A substitute for architecture decisions

If a requested Phase is too large, split it into multiple sequential Phases.