CSV_TO_PDF_REPORT/state.md

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).