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Work Item Hierarchy Implementation Visual Timeline & Dependencies

Work Item Hierarchy Implementation - Visual Timeline & Dependencies

Document: WORK-ITEM-HIERARCHY-TIMELINE
Version: 1.0.0
Status: PLANNING
Created: 2025-12-13
Start Date: TBD (awaiting approval)
End Date: TBD + 12 weeks
Related: WORK-ITEM-HIERARCHY-ORCHESTRATION-PLAN.md

📅 12-Week Timeline Overview

Week →  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12
┌───────┬───────────────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───┐
Phase 1 │███████│ │ │ │ │ │ Database Schema (2w)
└───────┴───────────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───┘
┌───────────────────────┐
Phase 2A │███████████████████████│ /project + /sprint (3w)
├───────────────────────┤
Phase 2B │███████████████████████│ /epic + /feature (3w)
├───────────────────────┤
Phase 2C │███████████████████████│ /task + /workitems (3w)
└───────────────────────┴───────┐
Phase 3 │███████│ /cxq Extension (2w)
└───────┴───────┐
Phase 4A │███████│ Templates (2w)
├───────┤
Phase 4B │███████│ HOW-TOs (2w)
└───────┴───────┐
Phase 5 │███████│ Import/Export (2w)
└───────┴───┐
Phase 6 │███│ Testing (1w)
└───┘
Legend: █ = Active work

Critical Path: Phase 1 → 2 → 3 → 5 → 6 (9 weeks minimum) Parallel Savings: 6 weeks (Phase 2 streams) + 2 weeks (Phase 4 streams) = 8 weeks saved Total Duration: 12 weeks (vs. 20 weeks if fully sequential)


🔀 Dependency Graph

                                    START


┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ Phase 1: Database Schema │
│ Agent: database-architect │
│ Duration: 2 weeks │
│ Output: 4 tables + 7 views + │
│ work_items.py CRUD │
└─────────────────────────────────┘


┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ Quality Gate 1 │
│ ✅ Schema operational │
│ ✅ CRUD tests passing │
│ ✅ Performance benchmarks met │
└─────────────────────────────────┘

┌─────────────────┼─────────────────┐
▼ ▼ ▼
┌───────────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐
│ Phase 2A: │ │ Phase 2B: │ │ Phase 2C: │
│ /project, /sprint │ │ /epic, │ │ /task, │
│ (3 weeks) │ │ /feature │ │ /workitems │
│ command-dev-1 │ │ (3 weeks) │ │ (3 weeks) │
└───────────────────┘ │ command-dev-2│ │ command-dev-3│
│ └──────────────┘ └──────────────┘
│ │ │
└─────────────────┴─────────────────┘


┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ Quality Gate 2 │
│ ✅ 6 commands functional │
│ ✅ Integration tests pass │
│ ✅ Commands activated │
└─────────────────────────────────┘


┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ Phase 3: /cxq Extension │
│ Agent: integration-engineer │
│ Duration: 2 weeks │
│ Output: 10+ query modes │
└─────────────────────────────────┘


┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ Quality Gate 3 │
│ ✅ All query modes working │
│ ✅ Visualizations correct │
│ ✅ JSON output validated │
└─────────────────────────────────┘

┌─────────────────┴─────────────────┐
▼ ▼
┌───────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────┐
│ Phase 4A: │ │ Phase 4B: │
│ Templates │ │ HOW-TO Guides │
│ (2 weeks) │ │ (2 weeks) │
│ template-designer │ │ doc-writer │
└───────────────────┘ └───────────────────┘
│ │
└─────────────────┬─────────────────┘


┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ Phase 5: Import/Export │
│ Agent: backend-engineer │
│ Duration: 2 weeks │
│ Output: Parser + 3 formats │
└─────────────────────────────────┘


┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ Quality Gate 4 │
│ ✅ Round-trip working │
│ ✅ Migration tested │
│ ✅ 95%+ import success │
└─────────────────────────────────┘


┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ Phase 6: Testing & Docs │
│ Agent: test-engineer │
│ Duration: 1 week │
│ Output: 95%+ coverage + docs │
└─────────────────────────────────┘


┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ Quality Gate 5 (FINAL) │
│ ✅ All tests passing │
│ ✅ Documentation complete │
│ ✅ CHANGELOG updated │
│ ✅ Demo materials ready │
└─────────────────────────────────┘


┌─────────┐
│ RELEASE │
│ v2.0.0 │
└─────────┘

📊 Resource Allocation by Week

Week  Phase(s)               Agent(s)                      Token Budget
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
W1 Phase 1 (start) database-architect 15K
W2 Phase 1 (complete) database-architect 15K
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Quality Gate 1 ✅
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
W3 Phase 2 (start) command-dev-1/2/3 (parallel) 15K
W4 Phase 2 (continue) command-dev-1/2/3 (parallel) 15K
W5 Phase 2 (complete) command-dev-1/2/3 (parallel) 15K
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Quality Gate 2 ✅
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
W6 Phase 3 (start) integration-engineer 17K
W7 Phase 3 (complete) integration-engineer 18K
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Quality Gate 3 ✅
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
W8 Phase 4 (start) template-designer + 15K
documentation-writer
W9 Phase 4 (complete) template-designer + 15K
documentation-writer
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
W10 Phase 5 (start) backend-engineer 15K
W11 Phase 5 (complete) backend-engineer 15K
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Quality Gate 4 ✅
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
W12 Phase 6 test-engineer 20K
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Quality Gate 5 ✅ → RELEASE
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Total: 180K tokens

Peak Parallelism: Week 3-5 (3 agents working simultaneously) Orchestrator Overhead: 10K tokens (spread across all weeks)


🎯 Milestone Tracking

Milestone 1: Database Foundation Complete (End of Week 2)

Status: ⬜ Not Started Blockers: None Deliverables:

  • scripts/context-db.py modified with 4 tables + 7 views
  • scripts/work_items.py created (800 lines)
  • tests/test_work_items.py created with 95%+ coverage
  • Migration integrated and tested
  • Quality Gate 1 passed

Milestone 2: All Commands Operational (End of Week 5)

Status: ⬜ Not Started Blockers: Milestone 1 Deliverables:

  • commands/project.md created
  • commands/epic.md created
  • commands/feature.md created
  • commands/task.md created
  • commands/sprint.md created
  • commands/workitems.md created
  • All commands activated in registry
  • Integration tests passing
  • Quality Gate 2 passed

Milestone 3: Query Extension Complete (End of Week 7)

Status: ⬜ Not Started Blockers: Milestone 2 Deliverables:

  • commands/cxq.md modified with 10+ new modes
  • Progress visualizations working
  • JSON output validated
  • Performance tests passing
  • Quality Gate 3 passed

Milestone 4: Templates & Docs Ready (End of Week 9)

Status: ⬜ Not Started Blockers: Milestone 3 Deliverables:

  • 4 templates created and tested
  • 5 HOW-TO guides written
  • User guide complete
  • Documentation reviewed

Milestone 5: Migration Path Validated (End of Week 11)

Status: ⬜ Not Started Blockers: Milestone 4 Deliverables:

  • Markdown parser operational
  • JSON/CSV/Markdown export working
  • scripts/migrate-project-plans.py tested
  • Round-trip verified
  • Quality Gate 4 passed

Milestone 6: Release Ready (End of Week 12)

Status: ⬜ Not Started Blockers: Milestone 5 Deliverables:

  • Test coverage 95%+
  • All tests passing
  • CHANGELOG.md updated (v2.0.0)
  • README.md updated
  • Demo materials created
  • Quality Gate 5 passed
  • RELEASE v2.0.0 🎉

📈 Progress Indicators

Overall Completion

[░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░] 0% (0/135 tasks complete)

By Phase

Phase 1: [░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░] 0/29 tasks (0%)
Phase 2: [░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░] 0/38 tasks (0%)
Phase 3: [░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░] 0/21 tasks (0%)
Phase 4: [░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░] 0/13 tasks (0%)
Phase 5: [░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░] 0/21 tasks (0%)
Phase 6: [░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░] 0/13 tasks (0%)

Token Budget Usage

Used:      [░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░] 0 / 180K (0%)
Reserved: [████████████████████] 20K (orchestrator overhead)
Available: [████████████████████] 180K

🚦 Status Dashboard

MetricTargetCurrentStatus
Database Tables40⬜ Not Started
SQL Views70⬜ Not Started
New Commands60⬜ Not Started
Lines of Code4,200+0⬜ Not Started
Lines of Docs8,000+0⬜ Not Started
Test Coverage95%+N/A⬜ Not Started
Migration Success95%+N/A⬜ Not Started
Quality Gates Passed50⬜ Not Started

Legend:

  • ⬜ Not Started
  • 🟡 In Progress
  • ✅ Complete
  • ❌ Blocked

📞 Weekly Checkpoint Template

Week N Checkpoint Report

Date: YYYY-MM-DD Week: N of 12 Phase(s) Active: Phase X

Completed This Week:

  • Task ID: Description
  • Task ID: Description

In Progress:

  • Task ID: Description (X% complete)

Blocked:

  • Task ID: Description (Blocker: reason)

Quality Gate Status:

  • Gate N: ⬜ Not Reached / 🟡 In Progress / ✅ Passed / ❌ Failed

Token Usage:

  • This week: X tokens
  • Cumulative: Y / 180K tokens (Z%)

Issues/Risks:

  • Issue 1: Description
  • Mitigation: Action taken

Next Week Plan:

  • Task ID: Description
  • Task ID: Description

Confidence Level: 🟢 High / 🟡 Medium / 🔴 Low


🎯 Critical Success Factors

For On-Time Delivery:

  1. ✅ Quality Gate 1 passed by end of Week 2
  2. ✅ All 3 command streams complete by end of Week 5
  3. ✅ No major technical blockers discovered
  4. ✅ Token budget managed within 180K limit
  5. ✅ Parallel work streams properly coordinated

For Quality:

  1. ✅ 95%+ test coverage maintained throughout
  2. ✅ Performance benchmarks met at each phase
  3. ✅ All quality gates passed on first attempt
  4. ✅ Documentation written alongside code
  5. ✅ Migration tested on real data

For Adoption:

  1. ✅ HOW-TO guides clear and actionable
  2. ✅ Demo materials engaging and informative
  3. ✅ Templates ready for immediate use
  4. ✅ Migration path smooth and automated
  5. ✅ User guide comprehensive

📊 Risk Heat Map

                    IMPACT
Low Medium High
┌────────┬────────┬────────┐
High │ │ Parser │ Agent │
PROBABILITY │ │ Fails │ Coord. │
├────────┼────────┼────────┤
Medium │ │ Perf. │ Schema │
│ │ Issues │ Break │
├────────┼────────┼────────┤
Low │ Scope │ │ │
│ Creep │ │ │
└────────┴────────┴────────┘

Highest Risk: Schema migration breaks existing database (Medium probability, High impact) Mitigation: Backup, test on copy, rollback functionality


📅 Next Actions

Immediate (This Week):

  1. Review and approve orchestration plan
  2. Allocate resources (agents/budget/timeline)
  3. Set start date for Phase 1
  4. Create tracking infrastructure (weekly checkpoints)

Week 1 (Phase 1 Start):

  1. Invoke database-architect agent
  2. Begin schema design (Tasks T0001-T0008)
  3. Daily progress updates
  4. First checkpoint report end of Week 1

Ongoing:

  1. Weekly checkpoint reports
  2. Quality gate validation
  3. Risk monitoring and mitigation
  4. Token budget tracking

Document Version: 1.0.0 Last Updated: 2025-12-13 Status: PLANNING Approval Status: PENDING

Legend:

  • ███ = Active work period
  • ░░░ = Waiting/Not started
  • ▶ = Start
  • ✅ = Quality gate
  • → = Dependency flow