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Specification Quality Checklist: Document Approval Workflow Engine

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-06-09 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

  • [x] No implementation details (languages, frameworks, APIs)
  • [x] Focused on user value and business needs
  • [x] Written for non-technical stakeholders
  • [x] All mandatory sections completed

Requirement Completeness

  • [x] No [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] markers remain
  • [x] Requirements are testable and unambiguous
  • [x] Success criteria are measurable
  • [x] Success criteria are technology-agnostic (no implementation details)
  • [x] All acceptance scenarios are defined
  • [x] Edge cases are identified
  • [x] Scope is clearly bounded
  • [x] Dependencies and assumptions identified

Feature Readiness

  • [x] All functional requirements have clear acceptance criteria
  • [x] User scenarios cover primary flows
  • [x] Feature meets measurable outcomes defined in Success Criteria
  • [x] No implementation details leak into specification

Notes

  • Tech-stack decisions (Kotlin, Ktor for REST, Temporal, Postgres/jOOQ, CloudEvents, hexagonal modules) were made during brainstorming but are deliberately excluded from this spec; they belong in /speckit-plan.
  • SC-008 leaves a concrete scale/concurrency number open by design — to be fixed during planning once expected document/reviewer volumes are known.
  • Items marked incomplete require spec updates before /speckit-clarify or /speckit-plan. All items currently pass.
  • User has indicated the spec will be iterated ("go back and forth") before moving to planning.