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Requirements, architecture, and acceptance

Translate business goals into technical decisions and delivery criteria.

Concept and mechanism

A requirement such as fast needs context: volume, deadline, conditions, consumers, and acceptance evidence. Without it, teams can finish different tasks and consider all complete. The PM connects owners, dependencies, and decisions including security, operations, and cost. A release date or budget approval does not demonstrate technical readiness. If recovery has neither ownership nor an agreed test, that gap belongs in the proceed-or-defer decision. Use a service-adapted checklist with concrete actions and observable outcomes rather than completed fields without evidence. RUN should understand diagnosis, escalation, and recovery within the scope it will maintain.

Guided application

Architecture also involves choices. Microservices can enable independent delivery but add distributed communication, data consistency, and observability work. A small team should assess whether that complexity addresses a real need. For third-party components, visible code does not remove license conditions; identify the license and route questions before distribution. In a fictional scenario, a batch ends with exit zero but delivers half the records. Acceptance should compare agreed volume and integrity, investigate the difference, and control any replay. Do not retroactively change requirements merely to make the report appear complete. Distinguish executed work, technical result, and delivered consumer benefit.

IN PRACTICE

Exit zero is a technical signal; record completeness needs its own evidence.

Common pitfalls

Tool before requirement; microservices by fashion; public code without license review; replay without checking effects.

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Reference: Reliable product launches · LFCA domains and competencies updated2025-09-16; current page confirmed2026-09-30