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    • Framework overviewTotal Project Management Framework
    • TPM Lifecycle MapOne system, from the whole project to each method
      • Project Steps
      • Tool Levels

    Approach

    • Human-in-the-Thought-Loop Paradigm
    • Human-in-the-Thought-Loop Manifesto
    • Research & Evidence
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    Idea

    10
    • Gate 1: Create a Vision?
    • Explore the Background
    • Search and Test Hypotheses
    • Idea Chosen
    • Develop Product Vision
    • Develop Road Map
    • Collect Requirements
    • Develop Technical Product Vision
    • Define Scope
    • Approve Vision

    Research

    8
    • Gate 2: Conduct a Research?
    • Choose and Approve Research Methods
    • Macro Factors Analysis
    • Customers Needs and Unique Selling Proposition
    • Competitive Analysis and OSINT
    • Formulate Competitive Marketing Strategy
    • Elaborate Technical Product Vision
    • Project Launch Decision and Strategy Approval

    Estimate

    10
    • Gate 3: Calculate Costs and Benefits?
    • Strategy and Resources Inputs
    • Estimate Road Map
    • Startup Investment Analysis
    • Production and Operations Plan
    • Profit Forecast and Sales Plan
    • FinPlan P and L, Cashflow, Balance, Fin. Indicators
    • Business Case
    • Benefits Management Plan
    • Project Implementation Decision

    Start

    11
    • Gate 4: Launch Project?
    • Select Development Approach
    • Form Agile or Lean Team
    • Incept Development Process
    • Develop Agile Contract
    • Approve Agile Contract
    • Assign Project Manager
    • Develop Project Charter
    • Form Working Group
    • Engage Stakeholders
    • Approve Project Charter

    Plan

    13
    • Gate 5: Plan in Detail?
    • Select Scheduling Approach
    • User Story Mapping
    • Release or Sprint Planning
    • Approve Product or Sprint Backlog
    • Project Baselines
    • Project Management Plan
    • Plan Marketing Activities
    • Collect and Elicit Requirements
    • Analyze Strategy and Requirements
    • Trace Requirements
    • Model and Design Product
    • Approve Project Management Plan

    Do

    9
    • Gate 6: Start Project Work?
    • Continuous Sprint Planning
    • Daily StandUp or Scrum Meetings
    • Product Backlog Refinement
    • Direct and Manage Project Work
    • Manage Project Knowledge
    • Conduct Procurements
    • Execute Marketing Activities
    • Iterative Elaborate Prototype and Requirements

    Control

    15
    • Gate 7: Keep Project on Track?
    • Sprint Demo or Sprint Review
    • Sprint Retrospective
    • Give Feedback on Product Increments and Project Deliverables
    • Monitor and Control Project Work
    • Control Related Indicators
    • Business Intelligence
    • Validate and Control Scope
    • Control Quality
    • Perform Integrated Change Control
    • Form and Sharing Progress Reports, Dashboards, Radiators
    • Marketing Analytics
    • Audit and Evaluate Requirements Changes
    • Receive Project Progress Reports
    • Approve Change Requests

    Close

    16
    • Gate 8: Deliver and Close Stage or Project Sprint or Release?
    • Continuous Delivery
    • Sprint CloseOut
    • Release CloseOut
    • Accept Sprint Increment / Deliverables
    • Accept Product Release
    • Deliver Stage Results to the Customer
    • Deliver Project Results to the Customer
    • Record Lessons Learned
    • Formally Complete or Close Project
    • Train Operation Staff
    • Run Integration Testing in a Production Environment
    • Create User Documentation
    • Accept Stage Results
    • Accept Final Project Result Product or Service
    • Gate 9: Transit Final Product or Service or Result
    Lifecycle Map
    Project Steps
    Do

    Iterative Elaborate Prototype and Requirements

    Artifacts #

    What this step produces.

    Updated Prototypes #

    Prototypes revised after feedback and new findings. They let stakeholders see and test the latest version of the solution early.

    Refined Requirements Specification #

    The requirements document updated with clarified details after each iteration. It keeps what is to be built clear and consistent with the prototype.

    Design Decision Records #

    Short notes on important design choices: the options, the decision and the reason. They prevent revisiting settled questions and help new team members.

    Techniques #

    Techniques used in this step.

    Prototyping #

    Building an early, simplified model of the product to explore ideas and get feedback. It reveals misunderstandings before costly development.

    Explained in this article: Just-in-Time Requirements Detailing

    Execute Marketing ActivitiesGate 6: Start Project Work?
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    Updated on 03.11.2026
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    Table of Contents
    • +Introduction to project management
    • Definition of key terms
    • What comes into iterative elaboration
    • Which prototype to build: risk, type, fidelity, fate
    • Iteration cycle: build, show, learn
    • Prototype experiment: assumption, signal, decision
    • What the prototype returns to the requirements
    • Requirements just in time — and up to the verifiable
    • Software and physical product: who sets the iteration length
    • What goes further — and what is left to other steps
    • Conclusion
    • How to do it
    • Tailoring
    • Practice

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    • Gate 1: Create a Vision?
    • Search and Test Hypotheses
    • Estimate Road Map
    • Choose and Approve Research Methods
    • Develop Road Map
    • Collect Requirements
    • Project Launch Decision and Strategy Approval
    • Product Backlog Refinement
    • Define Scope
    • Gate 2: Conduct a Research?
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