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Planning Review Template

Review the ES-103 planning package for traceability, ownership, dependencies, estimates, risk, evidence production, AI verification, and readiness for architecture.

ES-103 Review Planning Gate

Template purpose

Use this template to review the ES-103 planning package before declaring readiness for architecture.

The review should determine whether the plan is complete enough to guide architecture work without hiding unclear ownership, missing evidence, blocked dependencies, unrealistic estimates, or unmanaged risks.

Project

<Project name>

Document control

Field Value
Artifact owner <owner>
Primary reviewers <reviewers>
Status <draft / in review / accepted / revised>
Last updated <YYYY-MM-DD>
Related Engineering Stage ES-103 — Planning and Work Breakdown
Project workspace target docs/project-workspace/planning/planning_review.md

Review information

Field Value
Review Date <date>
Reviewers <names or roles>
Planning Version <version or commit>
Review Type <self / team / peer / instructor / stakeholder / governance>
Scope of Review <all planning artifacts / selected artifacts / changes only>

Artifacts reviewed

Artifact Reviewed? Notes
planning_overview.md <yes / no> <notes>
work_breakdown_structure.md <yes / no> <notes>
roles_and_responsibilities.md <yes / no> <notes>
milestones.md <yes / no> <notes>
dependency_map.md <yes / no> <notes>
estimation_record.md <yes / no> <notes>
risk_register.md <yes / no> <notes>

Review checklist

  • [ ] Plan traces to requirements and constraints.
  • [ ] Work packages are deliverable-oriented.
  • [ ] Major work has owners.
  • [ ] Evidence production is planned.
  • [ ] Dependencies are visible.
  • [ ] Risks are recorded and assigned.
  • [ ] Estimates include uncertainty.
  • [ ] AI verification work is accounted for where relevant.
  • [ ] Milestones have readiness criteria.
  • [ ] Architecture-relevant issues are identified.
  • [ ] ES-104 readiness is clear.

Findings

ID Finding Severity Affected Artifact Action Owner Status
PRF-001 <finding> <low / medium / high> <artifact> <action> <owner> <open / closed>

Ownership review

Issue Impact Action
<unowned work, unowned evidence, unclear reviewer, unclear decision authority> <impact> <action>

Dependency review

Dependency Concern Impact Action
<dependency concern> <impact> <action>

Estimate and schedule review

Concern Affected Work Packages Action
<estimate concern> <WP-IDs> <action>

Risk review

Risk Concern Impact Action
<risk concern> <impact> <action>

AI, evidence, and governance review

Concern Affected Work / Artifact Action
<AI verification, evidence preservation, governance approval, review concern> <work or artifact> <action>

Review decision

<Accepted / Accepted with revisions / Not ready>

Required revisions before readiness

Revision Owner Due
<revision> <owner> <date or stage>

Reviewer notes

<Optional reviewer comments.>

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Summarize the ES-103 planning package and decide whether ES-104 architecture work may begin.

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