Project Lifecycle as a Quality Gate

Rationale & Context

Without a DoD, archives accumulate ambiguity. A lifecycle makes maturity legible and enforces coherence under constraint.

Constraints & Non-Goals

• —Minimal states.
• —Explicit DoD.
• —No bureaucracy for its own sake.

Feasibility Gradient

Publish lifecycle spec → apply retroactively to 10 entries → iterate on friction points → lock canonical version.

Next Actions

1. Write the DoD as a checklist used on every project.
2. Add status + horizon metadata to all entries.
3. Design a minimal maturity visualization.