---
record_contract: project-plan
record_schema_version: 1
template: project-plan
template_version: 1.0.0
project_owned: true
status: draft
plan_id: PROJECT-PLAN-0001
---

# Project Plan

## Problem statement

<!-- What problem is being solved and why it matters. -->

## Intended users

- <Primary user or stakeholder>

## Desired outcomes

- <Observable outcome>

## Success measures

- <Measurable success condition>

## Scope

- <Included capability>

## Non-goals

- <Explicit exclusion>

## Constraints

- <Constraint>

## Assumptions

- <Assumption and verification status>

## Unknowns requiring investigation

- <Unknown or none>

## Major system boundaries

- <Boundary>

## Candidate approaches

- <Approach and trade-off>

## Selected direction

<!-- Approved direction, or state that no direction is approved yet. -->

## MVP definition

- <Minimum coherent outcome>

## Milestones

1. MILESTONE-0001 — <Outcome>

## Dependencies

- <Dependency or none>

## Risks

- <Risk and mitigation>

## Deferred work

- <Deferred item and reconsideration trigger>

## First deterministic step

<!-- Exactly one step, or explain why the plan remains draft. -->