Define the stages, dependencies, ownership, and decision points that make sense for your work. An idea can become a specification, a specification can become tasks, and completed tasks can enter review with the evidence attached. Coordination matters most when work overlaps or stops unexpectedly: a factory should know who owns a task, what blocks it, and what is eligible to run next.
What this makes possible
- Explicit lifecycle stages and transition rules
- Dependency-aware task selection and expiring ownership claims
- Kanban views and a shared change-request model
- Human decisions at the points that determine scope and acceptance
On the production floor
A feature factory fans out independent implementation tasks, gathers their artifacts, and enters integration only when dependencies and required checks are satisfied.
How you know it works
Test illegal transitions, expired claims, retries, and interrupted work. Ensure a completed task cannot silently stand in for an accepted release.