Artefacts
Specimens. Real structure, dummy content. Every one is filled in for a fictional city-library staff assistant; every name, date and number is invented and marked †. None is taken from a real project, and none reuses a figure published elsewhere on this site.
The artefact set describes each document by the decision it makes. These are nine of them, filled in so a reader can see what a finished one looks like. Seven open as a page and download as Markdown; two are visuals that are pages only. The blank versions are the skeleton downloads.
| Specimen | The decision it makes | Described on | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discover | |||
| PRD with NFRs | What MVP 1 does, what it binds itself not to do, and how each story is accepted | The artefact set §1 | Specimen_PRD.md |
| Measure | |||
| Eval-gate report | Whether one run of the gate passes: floors, abstention, citation validity, latency and cost, a row per claim | The artefact set §2 | Specimen_Eval_Gate_Report.md |
| Govern | |||
| Risk register with an LLM-risk mapping | Which risks are accepted, mitigated or declined, and which published risk category each LLM-specific risk belongs to | The artefact set §3 | Specimen_LLM_Risk_Mapping.md |
| Build-vs-buy record | What was adopted, what was declined, and why | The artefact set §3 | Specimen_Build_vs_Buy.md |
| Method | |||
| Phase spec | The approved contract for one phase, written before any code | The delivery method §2 | Specimen_Phase_Spec.md |
| Sign-off log | What is built but not yet closed, and what is outstanding on each | The operating model §5 | Specimen_SignOff_Log.md |
| RCA, with its retrospective entry | Why a process or state went wrong, and what prevents it | The operating model §4 | Specimen_RCA.md |
| Process map | What each phase of a session reads, writes and never skips | The operating model §2 | Page only |
| Ways of working | The working agreement: principles, guardrails and the harness behind them | The operating model §3 | Page only |