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----
-name: epic-breakdown
-description: Epic decomposition into stories with dependencies, size estimates (S/M/L/XL), critical path
----
-# Epic Breakdown
-
-> **Category:** Specification  ·  **Slug:** `epic-breakdown`
-
-## When to Use
-
-- After epic approval (via RICE / WSJF) — before sprint planning.
-- When estimating capacity for roadmap planning.
-- For identifying critical path and parallelizable work.
-- Pre-kickoff: the team needs to know the decomposition.
-
-## Input
-
-| Field | Required | Description |
-|-------|:--------:|-------------|
-| Epic spec (from PRD) | ✅ | Scope + success criteria |
-| Existing architecture | ✅ | What already exists |
-| Team composition | ✅ | Senior/mid/junior, roles |
-| Dependencies / integrations | ⬚ | External systems |
-| Constraints | ⬚ | Deadlines, compliance |
-
-## Data Sources
-
-1. PRD via `$prd-template`.
-2. Tech review from Tech Lead.
-3. Existing codebase / architecture docs.
-4. Historical velocity data.
-
-### Related Skills
-
-| Skill | What we take | When to call |
-|-------|-------------|--------------|
-| `prd-template` | Epic scope | Parent |
-| `user-story` | Story-level granularity | After breakdown |
-| `acceptance-criteria` | Done criteria | Per story |
-| `wsjf-scoring` | Epic-level priority | Before breakdown |
-
-## Structure
-
-```
-Epic (1-2 quarters scale)
-  ├── Story 1 (1-8 points, in-sprint)
-  ├── Story 2
-  ├── Story 3
-  └── Story N
-      ↓
-  + Technical Tasks (non-user-facing, e.g. infra)
-  + Spikes (research / POC)
-```
-
-Sizing:
-- **Epic:** weeks to months (>13 points equivalent)
-- **Story:** 1-8 points (fits in sprint)
-- **Task:** < 1 day
-- **Spike:** time-boxed research (usually 1-3 days)
-
-## Protocol
-
-### Step 0 — Epic Clarity
-
-- [ ] Epic outcome defined (what does "done" look like)?
-- [ ] Success metrics attached?
-- [ ] Scope explicit (in + out)?
-
-If not — return to PRD.
-
-### Step 1 — Vertical Slicing
-
-**Vertical slices** (user-facing, deliver value incrementally) **>** horizontal (layers: DB → backend → frontend → UI).
-
-Each story — a thin vertical slice, from UI to storage.
-
-Example for "Team Role Templates" epic:
-- ❌ Horizontal: Story 1 "DB schema", Story 2 "Backend API", Story 3 "Frontend" (nothing ships until all done)
-- ✅ Vertical: Story 1 "Create template (basic fields)", Story 2 "Edit template", Story 3 "Delete template", Story 4 "Assign template to new member"
-
-### Step 2 — Splitting Techniques
-
-If a story is too big:
-- **Workflow steps:** multi-step flow → story per step
-- **Data variations:** user type / region / locale
-- **Alternate paths:** happy path story + error cases story
-- **Acceptance criteria:** pull one AC out as a separate story
-- **Roles:** end-user story + admin story (separate)
-- **Simple/Complex:** basic version + advanced options
-
-### Step 3 — Add Technical Tasks
-
-**Pure technical work** without user-visible value:
-- Infrastructure setup
-- DB migrations (if no user-facing story covers it)
-- Observability instrumentation
-- Tests / fixtures
-
-Keep separate from stories — do not inflate user stories.
-
-### Step 4 — Identify Spikes
-
-If high uncertainty — spike (time-boxed research):
-- Architecture decision (new tech evaluation)
-- Performance problem exploration
-- Integration feasibility check
-
-Output: ADR (architecture decision record) or POC code, not a shipping feature.
-
-### Step 5 — Dependency Mapping
-
-For each story — **depends on** / **enables**:
-
-| Story | Depends On | Enables | Can parallelize with |
-|-------|------------|---------|----------------------|
-| S1: Template CRUD | — | S2, S4 | S5 (auth) |
-| S2: Permissions config | S1 | S3 | S5 |
-| S3: Assign to members | S1, S2 | — | — |
-
-### Step 6 — Critical Path
-
-Identify critical path — longest sequence of dependent stories.
-
-```
-S1 → S2 → S3 = critical path
-S5 (auth) parallel
-S4 (migration) parallel
-```
-
-Length of critical path = minimum elapsed time for epic.
-
-### Step 7 — Sizing per Story
-
-T-shirt / Story Points:
-- **XS/1:** < 1 day
-- **S/2:** 1-2 days
-- **M/3:** 2-4 days
-- **L/5-8:** 1+ week
-- **XL/13+:** SPLIT (too big for sprint)
-
-Ensure no XL remains after breakdown.
-
-### Step 8 — Team Role Assignment
-
-Per story — who's involved?
-- Frontend + Backend + DB (full-stack slice)
-- Design needed?
-- Data / analytics involvement?
-- Security review needed?
-- QA time?
-
-### Step 9 — Sprint Planning Input
-
-Output: epic breakdown doc:
-- Epic summary + success criteria
-- Stories list with size + dependencies
-- Critical path visualization
-- Technical tasks
-- Spikes
-- Estimated total effort
-- Timeline estimate
-
-### Step 10 — Validation Checkpoint
-
-Team review (PM + Eng Lead + Design):
-- Missing stories?
-- Mis-sized?
-- Dependencies correct?
-- Parallelizable work maximized?
-
-## Validation (Quality Gate)
-
-- [ ] Epic outcome + success metrics explicit
-- [ ] Stories vertical slices (each delivers value)
-- [ ] No XL stories (all split to ≤ 8 pts)
-- [ ] Technical tasks separated from stories
-- [ ] Spikes time-boxed
-- [ ] Dependencies mapped
-- [ ] Critical path identified
-- [ ] Parallelizable work explicit
-- [ ] Team capacity check (total effort vs capacity)
-- [ ] Stakeholder review passed
-
-## Handoff
-
-The result is the input for:
-- **Sprint Planning** — stories → sprints
-- **`user-story`** + **`acceptance-criteria`** for each story
-- **Tech Lead** → technical tasks ownership
-- **PM** → roadmap timeline refinement
-
-Format: epic breakdown doc (markdown + dependency graph). Via `$handoff`.
-
-## Anti-patterns
-
-| Error | Why it's bad | How to do it right |
-|-------|-------------|-------------------|
-| Horizontal slicing | Nothing ships until layers done | Vertical thin slices |
-| XL stories | Does not fit in sprint | Split using techniques |
-| No spike for unknowns | Mis-estimated stories | Time-boxed spike |
-| Technical tasks inflate stories | Mis-sized | Separate track |
-| Ignore dependencies | Parallel work blocked | Explicit DAG |
-| Skip validation review | Missing stories discovered mid-sprint | Team review pre-kickoff |
-
-## Template
-
-```markdown
-# Epic Breakdown: [Epic Name]
-
-## Epic Summary
-- Outcome: [what done looks like]
-- Success metric: [X from baseline to target]
-- Scope: [in scope]
-- Out of scope: [explicit]
-
-## Stories (vertical slices)
-
-| # | Story | Size | Depends on | Enables | Roles |
-|---|-------|:----:|------------|---------|-------|
-| S1 | [...] | M | — | S2, S3 | FE+BE+Design |
-| S2 | [...] | S | S1 | S3 | BE |
-
-## Technical Tasks
-- T1: DB migration for [X] — 1 day
-- T2: Observability instrumentation — 0.5 day
-
-## Spikes
-- SP1: Evaluate Redis vs Memcached caching — 2 days time-box
-
-## Critical Path
-S1 → S2 → S3 (total: ~2 weeks)
-Parallel: T1 (DB migration), S5 (auth integration)
-
-## Capacity Summary
-- Total estimate: N person-weeks
-- Team: M people × Y weeks = Available
-- Buffer: ~20%
-
-## Open Questions
-- [Q, owner]
-```
-
-## Worked Example — TeamFlow Epic Breakdown: AI Summarization
-
-**Context:** After WSJF the team decided to decompose Epic 3 "AI Summarization Core" (WSJF 1.77 — low due to job size). The decomposition cycle below turns the monolithic epic into vertical slices + technical tasks + spikes.
-
-```markdown
-# Epic Breakdown: AI Summarization Core
-
-## Epic Summary
-- **Outcome:** Managers using TeamFlow AI summarization weekly — Sticky Manager Ratio ≥20% by Day 90 post-launch
-- **Success metric:** 65% adoption in AI-tier accounts, action items completion 60→75%
-- **Scope:** Post-meeting AI summarization MVP (NOT real-time, NOT prep card — those are Q3)
-- **Out of scope:** Real-time transcription, multi-meeting intelligence, external meeting integration
-
-## Stories (vertical slices — each delivers value end-to-end)
-
-| # | Story | Size | Depends on | Enables | Roles |
-|---|-------|:----:|------------|---------|-------|
-| S1 | Enable AI Summarization toggle per-meeting | S (2) | T1 (feature flag) | S2 | FE + BE |
-| S2 | Generate AI summary from meeting recording | L (8) | S1, T2 (LLM API), T3 (audio pipeline) | S3, S4 | BE + AI + Data |
-| S3 | Review and edit summary inline | M (5) | S2 | S6 (audit) | FE + Design + BE |
-| S4 | Extract action items with confidence scoring | M (5) | S2 | S5 | AI + BE |
-| S5 | Surface action items reminders before next 1:1 | S (3) | S4, T4 (notif infra) | — | BE + FE |
-| S6 | Admin org-wide AI policy | S (3) | S1 | — | FE + BE |
-| S7 | Export AI operations audit log | S (3) | S1, S2, S3, S6 | — | BE |
-
-**Total story points:** 29. Velocity estimate: 4-5 points/week for AI team (4 eng). Duration: ~6-7 weeks.
-
-## Technical Tasks (do not deliver user value alone, but are necessary)
-
-| # | Task | Effort | Owner | Dependency |
-|---|------|:------:|-------|-----------|
-| T1 | Feature flag infrastructure (LaunchDarkly setup + wrapper) | 0.5 week | Platform | — (foundation) |
-| T2 | LLM API abstraction layer (OpenAI + Anthropic failover) | 1.5 weeks | AI team | SP1 result |
-| T3 | Audio ingestion pipeline (browser recording → storage) | 1 week | Platform | — |
-| T4 | Notification scheduling service | 0.5 week | Platform | — (can reuse) |
-| T5 | Summary data model + schema migration | 0.5 week | Backend | — |
-| T6 | Observability instrumentation (OTEL events, dashboards) | 0.5 week | SRE + AI | T2 |
-| T7 | SOC 2 Type II audit controls documentation | 1 week | Security + Legal | Parallel track |
-
-**Technical task total:** ~5.5 weeks of parallel work.
-
-## Spikes (time-boxed research)
-
-| # | Spike | Time Box | Owner | Decision Needed |
-|---|-------|:--------:|-------|-----------------|
-| SP1 | LLM provider benchmark: OpenAI GPT-4 vs Anthropic Claude for HR conversation quality | 1 week | AI Lead | Which primary, which fallback |
-| SP2 | Audio pipeline: browser MediaRecorder vs WebRTC vs third-party (Recall.ai) | 1 week | Platform Lead | Build vs buy decision |
-| SP3 | Summary data storage: Postgres JSONB vs dedicated document store (for future ML) | 3 days | Data Lead | Schema approach |
-
-**Spike total:** ~2.5 weeks (parallel with early dev work).
-
-## Dependency Graph (DAG)
-
-```
-Spikes (Week 1):
-  SP1 (LLM bench) → informs T2
-  SP2 (Audio)    → informs T3
-  SP3 (Storage)  → informs T5
-
-Technical foundation (Week 1-2, parallel):
-  T1 (feature flag) ─┐
-  T3 (audio pipeline) ┼─→ S1 (enable toggle)
-  T5 (schema)         │
-  T7 (SOC 2 docs — parallel, Weeks 1-8)
-  T2 (LLM API) ──────────┐
-                          ▼
-  S1 → S2 (generate summary) ─┬─→ S3 (edit inline)
-                              │      └─→ S6 (audit export, needs edit events)
-                              └─→ S4 (action items)
-                                     └─→ S5 (reminders, needs T4)
-
-S6 (admin policy) requires S1
-
-T6 (observability) parallel, picks up as S2 ships
-
-Critical path: SP1 → T2 → S2 = 3.5 weeks sequential
-                            (S2 blocks S3, S4, ultimately S5, S6, S7)
-```
-
-## Critical Path Analysis
-
-**Critical path:**
-```
-Week 1: Spikes (SP1 LLM bench) + T1 (feature flag) + T3 (audio pipeline) + T5 (schema) + SOC 2 parallel
-Week 2-3: T2 (LLM API abstraction) — blocked by SP1
-Week 3: S1 (enable toggle) — unblocked after T1
-Week 3-6: S2 (generate summary) — the big one, 8 points at 2 points/week AI team
-Week 6-7: S3 (edit inline) + S4 (action items) parallel — both depend on S2
-Week 7-8: S5 (reminders), S6 (admin policy), S7 (audit export) — all S-sized
-Week 8-10: Integration testing, beta, iteration
-Week 11-13: Limited GA → Full GA
-```
-
-**Compressed timeline:** 13 weeks for MVP (matches Q2 target).
-
-## Parallelizable Work
-
-- Platform tasks (T1, T3, T4, T5) — independent, start simultaneously in Week 1
-- SOC 2 audit (T7) — parallel track entire quarter
-- Design work for S3 inline editor — parallel with S2 development
-- Data instrumentation (T6) — parallel with S2
-
-## Team Role Assignment
-
-| Workstream | Team | Week 1-3 | Week 4-6 | Week 7-10 | Week 11-13 |
-|------------|------|----------|----------|-----------|------------|
-| AI/Backend | AI team (2 eng) | SP1, T2 | S2 core | S4, iterate | Beta fixes |
-| Backend | Platform (2 eng) | T1, T3, T4, T5, SP2 | S1 + support S2 | S5, S6, S7 | GA rollout |
-| Frontend | FE team (2 eng) | Designs review | S1 UI | S3, S5 UI | Iteration |
-| Design | Design (1) | Flow + wireframes | Hi-fi mocks for S3 | Edge cases | Polish |
-| Data | Data Lead | SP3 | Event schema | T6 instrumentation | Dashboards |
-| Security | Security Lead | T7 docs | T7 audit prep | T7 audit | Attestation |
-| PM/Design | PM + Design | Kickoff + AC | Beta prep | Beta running | GA planning |
-
-## Sprint Plan (2-week sprints)
-
-**Sprint 1 (Weeks 1-2): Foundation**
-- Complete: SP1, SP2, SP3, T1, T3, T5
-- In progress: T2, T7
-
-**Sprint 2 (Weeks 3-4): First Feature**
-- Complete: T2, S1
-- In progress: S2
-
-**Sprint 3 (Weeks 5-6): Core AI**
-- Complete: S2
-- In progress: S3, S4
-
-**Sprint 4 (Weeks 7-8): Expand + Polish**
-- Complete: S3, S4, S5, S6
-- In progress: S7, T6, beta prep
-
-**Sprint 5 (Weeks 9-10): Beta + Iteration**
-- Beta live with 10 design partners
-- Iteration based on feedback
-
-**Sprint 6 (Weeks 11-12): Limited GA**
-- 25% of AI-tier customers
-- Monitor guardrails
-
-**Sprint 7 (Week 13): Full GA**
-- 100% AI-tier
-- Launch marketing
-
-## Capacity Summary
-
-- **Team:** 8 engineers (AI team 2, Platform 2, FE 2, plus Design 1, Data 1) + 3 PM + Security
-- **Total person-weeks:** ~14 people × 13 weeks = 182 weeks
-- **Epic 3 allocation:** ~70 person-weeks (AI team fully, others partially) = 38% of team capacity
-- **Other Q2 epics in parallel:** Epic 1 (SSO), Epic 4 (Dashboard), T7 (SOC 2) — share remaining 60%
-- **Buffer:** ~20% of each engineer's time for incidents, oncall, emergent
-
-## Validation Checkpoint (Week 6 — Pre-beta)
-
-**Before beta launch, team review:**
-- [ ] S2 quality threshold met (≥70% summary acceptance via internal dogfood)
-- [ ] P95 latency <60s for test meetings
-- [ ] Privacy audit passed (internal counsel review)
-- [ ] T2 failover tested (forced OpenAI outage → Anthropic switches in <10s)
-- [ ] 5 dogfood cases include edge scenarios (short meeting, long meeting, sensitive content)
-
-If any item fails → extend Sprint 3-4 before beta (do not launch broken).
-
-## Open Questions
-
-1. SP1 benchmark — which LLM primary? (Owner: AI Lead, by Week 2)
-2. SP2 audio pipeline — browser-native sufficient or need Recall.ai? (Owner: Platform Lead, by Week 2)
-3. BYOK encryption for Enterprise — design? (Owner: Security Lead, by Week 4)
-4. Beta customer selection finalized? (Owner: CS Lead, by Week 6)
-5. Pricing for AI Tier confirmed +$8/seat? (Owner: VP Sales, by Week 3 — blocks tier launch)
-```
-
-> **Epic-breakdown lesson:** Original Epic 3 was **WSJF 1.77 (near-reject)** because job size was 13. After decomposition:
-> - S2 (generate summary) alone = WSJF 4+ (high UBV, medium size)
-> - S5 reminders = WSJF 5+ (quick-win quality)
-> - T7 SOC 2 = WSJF 3+ (blocking compliance)  
->  
-> Decomposed epic **fits budget** (70 pm in 182-pm quarter) with parallel workstreams. Without breakdown, monolithic 13-point WSJF would have suggested defer — missed opportunity. **Breakdown is a prioritization tool, not just a planning tool.**
+---
+name: epic-breakdown
+description: Epic decomposition into stories with dependencies, size estimates (S/M/L/XL), critical path
+type: triggered
+domain: product
+owners:
+  - pm
+gates:
+  - PM
+tech: []
+topic: []
+triggers:
+  - epic-breakdown
+  - epic breakdown
+  - декомпозиция эпика
+related: []
+budget_lines: 435
+schema_version: 1
+---
+# Epic Breakdown
+
+> **Category:** Specification  ·  **Slug:** `epic-breakdown`
+
+## When to Use
+
+- After epic approval (via RICE / WSJF) — before sprint planning.
+- When estimating capacity for roadmap planning.
+- For identifying critical path and parallelizable work.
+- Pre-kickoff: the team needs to know the decomposition.
+
+## Input
+
+| Field | Required | Description |
+|-------|:--------:|-------------|
+| Epic spec (from PRD) | ✅ | Scope + success criteria |
+| Existing architecture | ✅ | What already exists |
+| Team composition | ✅ | Senior/mid/junior, roles |
+| Dependencies / integrations | ⬚ | External systems |
+| Constraints | ⬚ | Deadlines, compliance |
+
+## Data Sources
+
+1. PRD via `$prd-template`.
+2. Tech review from Tech Lead.
+3. Existing codebase / architecture docs.
+4. Historical velocity data.
+
+### Related Skills
+
+| Skill | What we take | When to call |
+|-------|-------------|--------------|
+| `prd-template` | Epic scope | Parent |
+| `user-story` | Story-level granularity | After breakdown |
+| `acceptance-criteria` | Done criteria | Per story |
+| `wsjf-scoring` | Epic-level priority | Before breakdown |
+
+## Structure
+
+```
+Epic (1-2 quarters scale)
+  ├── Story 1 (1-8 points, in-sprint)
+  ├── Story 2
+  ├── Story 3
+  └── Story N
+      ↓
+  + Technical Tasks (non-user-facing, e.g. infra)
+  + Spikes (research / POC)
+```
+
+Sizing:
+- **Epic:** weeks to months (>13 points equivalent)
+- **Story:** 1-8 points (fits in sprint)
+- **Task:** < 1 day
+- **Spike:** time-boxed research (usually 1-3 days)
+
+## Protocol
+
+### Step 0 — Epic Clarity
+
+- [ ] Epic outcome defined (what does "done" look like)?
+- [ ] Success metrics attached?
+- [ ] Scope explicit (in + out)?
+
+If not — return to PRD.
+
+### Step 1 — Vertical Slicing
+
+**Vertical slices** (user-facing, deliver value incrementally) **>** horizontal (layers: DB → backend → frontend → UI).
+
+Each story — a thin vertical slice, from UI to storage.
+
+Example for "Team Role Templates" epic:
+- ❌ Horizontal: Story 1 "DB schema", Story 2 "Backend API", Story 3 "Frontend" (nothing ships until all done)
+- ✅ Vertical: Story 1 "Create template (basic fields)", Story 2 "Edit template", Story 3 "Delete template", Story 4 "Assign template to new member"
+
+### Step 2 — Splitting Techniques
+
+If a story is too big:
+- **Workflow steps:** multi-step flow → story per step
+- **Data variations:** user type / region / locale
+- **Alternate paths:** happy path story + error cases story
+- **Acceptance criteria:** pull one AC out as a separate story
+- **Roles:** end-user story + admin story (separate)
+- **Simple/Complex:** basic version + advanced options
+
+### Step 3 — Add Technical Tasks
+
+**Pure technical work** without user-visible value:
+- Infrastructure setup
+- DB migrations (if no user-facing story covers it)
+- Observability instrumentation
+- Tests / fixtures
+
+Keep separate from stories — do not inflate user stories.
+
+### Step 4 — Identify Spikes
+
+If high uncertainty — spike (time-boxed research):
+- Architecture decision (new tech evaluation)
+- Performance problem exploration
+- Integration feasibility check
+
+Output: ADR (architecture decision record) or POC code, not a shipping feature.
+
+### Step 5 — Dependency Mapping
+
+For each story — **depends on** / **enables**:
+
+| Story | Depends On | Enables | Can parallelize with |
+|-------|------------|---------|----------------------|
+| S1: Template CRUD | — | S2, S4 | S5 (auth) |
+| S2: Permissions config | S1 | S3 | S5 |
+| S3: Assign to members | S1, S2 | — | — |
+
+### Step 6 — Critical Path
+
+Identify critical path — longest sequence of dependent stories.
+
+```
+S1 → S2 → S3 = critical path
+S5 (auth) parallel
+S4 (migration) parallel
+```
+
+Length of critical path = minimum elapsed time for epic.
+
+### Step 7 — Sizing per Story
+
+T-shirt / Story Points:
+- **XS/1:** < 1 day
+- **S/2:** 1-2 days
+- **M/3:** 2-4 days
+- **L/5-8:** 1+ week
+- **XL/13+:** SPLIT (too big for sprint)
+
+Ensure no XL remains after breakdown.
+
+### Step 8 — Team Role Assignment
+
+Per story — who's involved?
+- Frontend + Backend + DB (full-stack slice)
+- Design needed?
+- Data / analytics involvement?
+- Security review needed?
+- QA time?
+
+### Step 9 — Sprint Planning Input
+
+Output: epic breakdown doc:
+- Epic summary + success criteria
+- Stories list with size + dependencies
+- Critical path visualization
+- Technical tasks
+- Spikes
+- Estimated total effort
+- Timeline estimate
+
+### Step 10 — Validation Checkpoint
+
+Team review (PM + Eng Lead + Design):
+- Missing stories?
+- Mis-sized?
+- Dependencies correct?
+- Parallelizable work maximized?
+
+## Validation (Quality Gate)
+
+- [ ] Epic outcome + success metrics explicit
+- [ ] Stories vertical slices (each delivers value)
+- [ ] No XL stories (all split to ≤ 8 pts)
+- [ ] Technical tasks separated from stories
+- [ ] Spikes time-boxed
+- [ ] Dependencies mapped
+- [ ] Critical path identified
+- [ ] Parallelizable work explicit
+- [ ] Team capacity check (total effort vs capacity)
+- [ ] Stakeholder review passed
+
+## Handoff
+
+The result is the input for:
+- **Sprint Planning** — stories → sprints
+- **`user-story`** + **`acceptance-criteria`** for each story
+- **Tech Lead** → technical tasks ownership
+- **PM** → roadmap timeline refinement
+
+Format: epic breakdown doc (markdown + dependency graph). Via `$handoff`.
+
+## Anti-patterns
+
+| Error | Why it's bad | How to do it right |
+|-------|-------------|-------------------|
+| Horizontal slicing | Nothing ships until layers done | Vertical thin slices |
+| XL stories | Does not fit in sprint | Split using techniques |
+| No spike for unknowns | Mis-estimated stories | Time-boxed spike |
+| Technical tasks inflate stories | Mis-sized | Separate track |
+| Ignore dependencies | Parallel work blocked | Explicit DAG |
+| Skip validation review | Missing stories discovered mid-sprint | Team review pre-kickoff |
+
+## Template
+
+```markdown
+# Epic Breakdown: [Epic Name]
+
+## Epic Summary
+- Outcome: [what done looks like]
+- Success metric: [X from baseline to target]
+- Scope: [in scope]
+- Out of scope: [explicit]
+
+## Stories (vertical slices)
+
+| # | Story | Size | Depends on | Enables | Roles |
+|---|-------|:----:|------------|---------|-------|
+| S1 | [...] | M | — | S2, S3 | FE+BE+Design |
+| S2 | [...] | S | S1 | S3 | BE |
+
+## Technical Tasks
+- T1: DB migration for [X] — 1 day
+- T2: Observability instrumentation — 0.5 day
+
+## Spikes
+- SP1: Evaluate Redis vs Memcached caching — 2 days time-box
+
+## Critical Path
+S1 → S2 → S3 (total: ~2 weeks)
+Parallel: T1 (DB migration), S5 (auth integration)
+
+## Capacity Summary
+- Total estimate: N person-weeks
+- Team: M people × Y weeks = Available
+- Buffer: ~20%
+
+## Open Questions
+- [Q, owner]
+```
+
+## Worked Example — TeamFlow Epic Breakdown: AI Summarization
+
+**Context:** After WSJF the team decided to decompose Epic 3 "AI Summarization Core" (WSJF 1.77 — low due to job size). The decomposition cycle below turns the monolithic epic into vertical slices + technical tasks + spikes.
+
+```markdown
+# Epic Breakdown: AI Summarization Core
+
+## Epic Summary
+- **Outcome:** Managers using TeamFlow AI summarization weekly — Sticky Manager Ratio ≥20% by Day 90 post-launch
+- **Success metric:** 65% adoption in AI-tier accounts, action items completion 60→75%
+- **Scope:** Post-meeting AI summarization MVP (NOT real-time, NOT prep card — those are Q3)
+- **Out of scope:** Real-time transcription, multi-meeting intelligence, external meeting integration
+
+## Stories (vertical slices — each delivers value end-to-end)
+
+| # | Story | Size | Depends on | Enables | Roles |
+|---|-------|:----:|------------|---------|-------|
+| S1 | Enable AI Summarization toggle per-meeting | S (2) | T1 (feature flag) | S2 | FE + BE |
+| S2 | Generate AI summary from meeting recording | L (8) | S1, T2 (LLM API), T3 (audio pipeline) | S3, S4 | BE + AI + Data |
+| S3 | Review and edit summary inline | M (5) | S2 | S6 (audit) | FE + Design + BE |
+| S4 | Extract action items with confidence scoring | M (5) | S2 | S5 | AI + BE |
+| S5 | Surface action items reminders before next 1:1 | S (3) | S4, T4 (notif infra) | — | BE + FE |
+| S6 | Admin org-wide AI policy | S (3) | S1 | — | FE + BE |
+| S7 | Export AI operations audit log | S (3) | S1, S2, S3, S6 | — | BE |
+
+**Total story points:** 29. Velocity estimate: 4-5 points/week for AI team (4 eng). Duration: ~6-7 weeks.
+
+## Technical Tasks (do not deliver user value alone, but are necessary)
+
+| # | Task | Effort | Owner | Dependency |
+|---|------|:------:|-------|-----------|
+| T1 | Feature flag infrastructure (LaunchDarkly setup + wrapper) | 0.5 week | Platform | — (foundation) |
+| T2 | LLM API abstraction layer (OpenAI + Anthropic failover) | 1.5 weeks | AI team | SP1 result |
+| T3 | Audio ingestion pipeline (browser recording → storage) | 1 week | Platform | — |
+| T4 | Notification scheduling service | 0.5 week | Platform | — (can reuse) |
+| T5 | Summary data model + schema migration | 0.5 week | Backend | — |
+| T6 | Observability instrumentation (OTEL events, dashboards) | 0.5 week | SRE + AI | T2 |
+| T7 | SOC 2 Type II audit controls documentation | 1 week | Security + Legal | Parallel track |
+
+**Technical task total:** ~5.5 weeks of parallel work.
+
+## Spikes (time-boxed research)
+
+| # | Spike | Time Box | Owner | Decision Needed |
+|---|-------|:--------:|-------|-----------------|
+| SP1 | LLM provider benchmark: OpenAI GPT-4 vs Anthropic Claude for HR conversation quality | 1 week | AI Lead | Which primary, which fallback |
+| SP2 | Audio pipeline: browser MediaRecorder vs WebRTC vs third-party (Recall.ai) | 1 week | Platform Lead | Build vs buy decision |
+| SP3 | Summary data storage: Postgres JSONB vs dedicated document store (for future ML) | 3 days | Data Lead | Schema approach |
+
+**Spike total:** ~2.5 weeks (parallel with early dev work).
+
+## Dependency Graph (DAG)
+
+```
+Spikes (Week 1):
+  SP1 (LLM bench) → informs T2
+  SP2 (Audio)    → informs T3
+  SP3 (Storage)  → informs T5
+
+Technical foundation (Week 1-2, parallel):
+  T1 (feature flag) ─┐
+  T3 (audio pipeline) ┼─→ S1 (enable toggle)
+  T5 (schema)         │
+  T7 (SOC 2 docs — parallel, Weeks 1-8)
+  T2 (LLM API) ──────────┐
+                          ▼
+  S1 → S2 (generate summary) ─┬─→ S3 (edit inline)
+                              │      └─→ S6 (audit export, needs edit events)
+                              └─→ S4 (action items)
+                                     └─→ S5 (reminders, needs T4)
+
+S6 (admin policy) requires S1
+
+T6 (observability) parallel, picks up as S2 ships
+
+Critical path: SP1 → T2 → S2 = 3.5 weeks sequential
+                            (S2 blocks S3, S4, ultimately S5, S6, S7)
+```
+
+## Critical Path Analysis
+
+**Critical path:**
+```
+Week 1: Spikes (SP1 LLM bench) + T1 (feature flag) + T3 (audio pipeline) + T5 (schema) + SOC 2 parallel
+Week 2-3: T2 (LLM API abstraction) — blocked by SP1
+Week 3: S1 (enable toggle) — unblocked after T1
+Week 3-6: S2 (generate summary) — the big one, 8 points at 2 points/week AI team
+Week 6-7: S3 (edit inline) + S4 (action items) parallel — both depend on S2
+Week 7-8: S5 (reminders), S6 (admin policy), S7 (audit export) — all S-sized
+Week 8-10: Integration testing, beta, iteration
+Week 11-13: Limited GA → Full GA
+```
+
+**Compressed timeline:** 13 weeks for MVP (matches Q2 target).
+
+## Parallelizable Work
+
+- Platform tasks (T1, T3, T4, T5) — independent, start simultaneously in Week 1
+- SOC 2 audit (T7) — parallel track entire quarter
+- Design work for S3 inline editor — parallel with S2 development
+- Data instrumentation (T6) — parallel with S2
+
+## Team Role Assignment
+
+| Workstream | Team | Week 1-3 | Week 4-6 | Week 7-10 | Week 11-13 |
+|------------|------|----------|----------|-----------|------------|
+| AI/Backend | AI team (2 eng) | SP1, T2 | S2 core | S4, iterate | Beta fixes |
+| Backend | Platform (2 eng) | T1, T3, T4, T5, SP2 | S1 + support S2 | S5, S6, S7 | GA rollout |
+| Frontend | FE team (2 eng) | Designs review | S1 UI | S3, S5 UI | Iteration |
+| Design | Design (1) | Flow + wireframes | Hi-fi mocks for S3 | Edge cases | Polish |
+| Data | Data Lead | SP3 | Event schema | T6 instrumentation | Dashboards |
+| Security | Security Lead | T7 docs | T7 audit prep | T7 audit | Attestation |
+| PM/Design | PM + Design | Kickoff + AC | Beta prep | Beta running | GA planning |
+
+## Sprint Plan (2-week sprints)
+
+**Sprint 1 (Weeks 1-2): Foundation**
+- Complete: SP1, SP2, SP3, T1, T3, T5
+- In progress: T2, T7
+
+**Sprint 2 (Weeks 3-4): First Feature**
+- Complete: T2, S1
+- In progress: S2
+
+**Sprint 3 (Weeks 5-6): Core AI**
+- Complete: S2
+- In progress: S3, S4
+
+**Sprint 4 (Weeks 7-8): Expand + Polish**
+- Complete: S3, S4, S5, S6
+- In progress: S7, T6, beta prep
+
+**Sprint 5 (Weeks 9-10): Beta + Iteration**
+- Beta live with 10 design partners
+- Iteration based on feedback
+
+**Sprint 6 (Weeks 11-12): Limited GA**
+- 25% of AI-tier customers
+- Monitor guardrails
+
+**Sprint 7 (Week 13): Full GA**
+- 100% AI-tier
+- Launch marketing
+
+## Capacity Summary
+
+- **Team:** 8 engineers (AI team 2, Platform 2, FE 2, plus Design 1, Data 1) + 3 PM + Security
+- **Total person-weeks:** ~14 people × 13 weeks = 182 weeks
+- **Epic 3 allocation:** ~70 person-weeks (AI team fully, others partially) = 38% of team capacity
+- **Other Q2 epics in parallel:** Epic 1 (SSO), Epic 4 (Dashboard), T7 (SOC 2) — share remaining 60%
+- **Buffer:** ~20% of each engineer's time for incidents, oncall, emergent
+
+## Validation Checkpoint (Week 6 — Pre-beta)
+
+**Before beta launch, team review:**
+- [ ] S2 quality threshold met (≥70% summary acceptance via internal dogfood)
+- [ ] P95 latency <60s for test meetings
+- [ ] Privacy audit passed (internal counsel review)
+- [ ] T2 failover tested (forced OpenAI outage → Anthropic switches in <10s)
+- [ ] 5 dogfood cases include edge scenarios (short meeting, long meeting, sensitive content)
+
+If any item fails → extend Sprint 3-4 before beta (do not launch broken).
+
+## Open Questions
+
+1. SP1 benchmark — which LLM primary? (Owner: AI Lead, by Week 2)
+2. SP2 audio pipeline — browser-native sufficient or need Recall.ai? (Owner: Platform Lead, by Week 2)
+3. BYOK encryption for Enterprise — design? (Owner: Security Lead, by Week 4)
+4. Beta customer selection finalized? (Owner: CS Lead, by Week 6)
+5. Pricing for AI Tier confirmed +$8/seat? (Owner: VP Sales, by Week 3 — blocks tier launch)
+```
+
+> **Epic-breakdown lesson:** Original Epic 3 was **WSJF 1.77 (near-reject)** because job size was 13. After decomposition:
+> - S2 (generate summary) alone = WSJF 4+ (high UBV, medium size)
+> - S5 reminders = WSJF 5+ (quick-win quality)
+> - T7 SOC 2 = WSJF 3+ (blocking compliance)  
+>  
+> Decomposed epic **fits budget** (70 pm in 182-pm quarter) with parallel workstreams. Without breakdown, monolithic 13-point WSJF would have suggested defer — missed opportunity. **Breakdown is a prioritization tool, not just a planning tool.**