creative-phase-enforcement

CREATIVE PHASE ENFORCEMENT

TL;DR: This file establishes hard enforcement mechanisms to ensure creative phases are properly implemented for all Level 3-4 tasks and complex design decisions. It creates strict gateways that prevent implementation without documented creative phase completion.

🚨 CREATIVE PHASE GATEWAY SYSTEM

The Creative Phase Gateway prevents transition to implementation without proper creative phase documentation:

⛔ CREATIVE PHASE GATEWAY CHECK
- Level 3-4 task identified? [YES/NO]
- Complex architecture/design decisions required? [YES/NO]
- Creative phases required: [YES/NO]

→ If [YES] to any: CREATIVE PHASES REQUIRED BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION
→ NO IMPLEMENTATION PERMITTED until all required creative phases are completed

🚨 MANDATORY CREATIVE PHASE TRIGGERS

These specific scenarios REQUIRE documented creative phases before ANY implementation:

1. Component Architecture Decisions

   • Component boundaries and responsibilities
   • Component hierarchy and relationships
   • Rendering strategies
   • Composition patterns

2. State Management Approaches

   • State structure design
   • State update patterns
   • State distribution approaches
   • State persistence strategies

3. Data Modeling Decisions

   • Data structure design
   • Relationship modeling
   • Validation approaches
   • Transformation patterns

4. UI/UX Design Approaches

   • Layout strategies
   • Interaction patterns
   • Responsive design approaches
   • Accessibility implementations

5. Algorithm/Logic Design

   • Business logic implementation
   • Computation approaches
   • Optimization strategies
   • Edge case handling

🚫 IMPLEMENTATION BLOCKING

If a decision triggers ANY of the above categories:

⛔ IMPLEMENTATION BLOCKED
Creative phases MUST be completed and documented before ANY implementation code can be written.
- Decisions requiring creative phases: [List specific decisions]
- Documentation format: Full structured creative phase with markers
- Location: Document in the implementation plan before code

This is a HARD BLOCK - implementation CANNOT proceed until creative phases are properly documented.