Platform Scope Checklist
Cut your first release to what actually ships.
Scope creep kills more first releases than bad code ever will.
The journey, step by step
Where the work concentrates
- Define the outcome5
- Cut the scope5
- Lock the contract5
Define the outcome
One sentence: who pays, what pain disappears.
One primary user journey — everything else is phase 2.
Name the single metric v1 must move.
Write the demo script before the spec.
List what v1 will NOT do. Pin it.
Cut the scope
Kill every screen that isn't on the primary journey.
Admin panel? Use the database directly for month one.
Auth: one provider, one role. Add roles later.
Replace every 'configurable' with a hardcoded default.
Integrations: one. The one that closes deals.
Lock the contract
Fixed feature list, signed by every stakeholder.
Change requests go to a phase-2 backlog, not the sprint.
Set the ship date. Scope flexes, the date doesn't.
Define 'done' per feature in one line each.
Agree on the launch decision-maker. One name.
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