# Project State

> The single live "where are we right now" file. Read this FIRST at the start of any session that touches this repo - don't infer phase or sprint from conversation history. Updated LAST by whichever agent completes the current step, as documented in `AGENTS.md` under "Automated State-Driven Handoff."

**Phase:** 5 - Sprint retrospective
**Leading agent:** `scrum-master`
**Process file:** `process/05_sprint_retrospective.md`

**Sprint:** 1
**Sprint dates:** 2026-09-08 - 2026-09-11
**Sprint goal:** Prove a thin text-only desktop-to-CLI rendering spine so an operator can select files, launch a job, watch progress, and receive a PDF generated through Debenu from a known XML template.
**Current sprint backlog:** `backlog/sprints/sprint-1.md`

**Next action:** Sprint 1 fully closed out — Review and Retrospective both complete (`backlog/sprints/sprint-1.md` Sprint Review Outcome section; `backlog/sprints/sprint-1-retrospective.md`). Two decisions are pending with the user before Sprint 2 planning starts (a deliberate AGENTS.md pause point):
1. Whether to apply `scrum-master`'s proposed `templates/definition_of_done.md` edit (a new bullet requiring verification against the actual built artifact — not just an in-process harness — for any story that changes launch/packaging/runtime-config-resolution behavior). Proposed wording is in `logs/process_improvement_log.md` (2026-09-11 row, Status: Proposed) and `backlog/sprints/sprint-1-retrospective.md`. Not yet applied to the template.
2. Go-ahead to start Sprint 2 planning (`process/02_sprint_planning.md`, facilitated by `scrum-master`; `product-owner` and `dev-team` participate).

Sprint 2 candidate epics per the backlog (`backlog/backlog.md`): epic 2 (Template Designer GUI Foundation) and epic 3 (CSV Integration and Field Mapping), both Ready; product-owner also flagged pulling "Time-box the first high-volume benchmark" (epic 05) early in refinement. Sprint 1 retrospective's concrete carry-forward actions (regardless of the DoD-edit decision) are listed in `backlog/sprints/sprint-1-retrospective.md`'s "Action Items" section and should inform Sprint 2 planning either way.

## Phase reference

| # | Phase | Leading agent | Process file |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Project onboarding | `product-owner` + `scrum-master` | `process/00_project_onboarding.md` |
| 1 | Backlog refinement | `product-owner` (+ `dev-team` sizing) | `process/01_backlog_refinement.md` |
| 2 | Sprint planning | `scrum-master` facilitates | `process/02_sprint_planning.md` |
| 3 | Sprint execution | `dev-team` (+ `scrum-master` daily scrum) | `process/03_sprint_execution.md` |
| 4 | Sprint review | `product-owner` leads | `process/04_sprint_review.md` |
| 5 | Sprint retrospective | `scrum-master` leads | `process/05_sprint_retrospective.md` |
| - | Technical debt (continuous) | `qa-tech-debt` | `process/06_technical_debt_management.md` |
| - | Portfolio/release planning (as needed) | `release-planner` | `AGENTS.md` - Multilevel Planning |
| - | Process self-improvement (end of every retro) | `scrum-master` | `process/07_process_improvement.md` |

After phase 5, loop back to phase 1 for the next sprint.

## History

| Date | Phase completed | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | 0 - Project onboarding | Seeded project config, Definition of Done, initial epic backlog, and open questions from `Envelope_Report_Generator_Requirements.md`. |
| 2026-09-04 | 1 - Backlog refinement | Refined the top epics into sprint-ready stories, confirmed `C#/.NET 10` as the application stack, and reordered the backlog for the first text-only MVP slice. |
| 2026-09-04 | 2 - Sprint planning | Created Sprint 1 around a conservative desktop-to-CLI text-only rendering spine and recorded the committed backlog in `backlog/sprints/sprint-1.md`. |
| 2026-09-08 | 3 - Sprint execution (in progress) | Held Daily Scrum #1 and turned the sprint backlog into a dependency-ordered execution plan (5 batches) in `backlog/sprints/sprint-1.md`. Still in phase 3 — not a phase transition, just the day's checkpoint. |
| 2026-09-08 | 3 - Sprint execution | All 5 batches Done: CLI render contract, real Debenu text-only rendering, stdout progress events, WinForms desktop launch shell (user-confirmed as the UI framework), and live progress/completion display. 106 tests passing end-to-end. Sprint goal met with real verified runs against the 392-row sample CSV. |
| 2026-09-11 | 4 - Sprint review | `product-owner` verified all 5 stories against acceptance criteria (verdict: sprint goal met, with two tracked caveats — see `backlog/sprints/sprint-1.md`'s Sprint Review Outcome section). Updated `backlog/backlog.md` and epics 01/05/07 with Done notes and two new follow-up stories. Logged one process-improvement item (Watching) for the retrospective re: verifying GUI stories against the actual built artifact, not just an in-process harness — this is exactly what let the license-key bug (fixed same-day, see `logs/technical_debt_log.md`) through undetected. |
| 2026-09-11 | 5 - Sprint retrospective | `scrum-master` ran the retrospective (`backlog/sprints/sprint-1-retrospective.md`). Named two team-level strengths to keep (dependency-ordered batch swarming; "leave it better than you found it" plus honest gap self-reporting) and one lower-priority deferred idea (re-trigger the 100k-record benchmark when hot-path code changes). Decided the DoD/verification-gap item meets the bar for a proposed kit edit (single severe occurrence) and drafted specific wording for `templates/definition_of_done.md`, but did not apply it — awaiting the user's go-ahead per AGENTS.md. Checked all four named anti-patterns; none found (one near-miss on thin GUI evidence named explicitly, addressed via the proposed DoD edit and a Sprint 2 action item rather than swept aside). |