| name | nw-buddy-wave-knowledge |
| description | Current wave authority and handoff map for answering where product, design, delivery, and feedback facts belong. |
Wave Authority Map
ADR-SSOT-002 §5 is the canonical S/M/L route table and §7 resolves
downstream-correction conflicts; this map owns wave authority and handoffs,
not route selection.
| Wave | Owns | Passes forward |
|---|
| DISCOVER | evidence that a problem exists | validated opportunity and uncertainty |
| DIVERGE | materially different directions | selected direction and rejected alternatives |
| DISCUSS | durable jobs, journeys, value and KPIs | stable product identities and observations |
| DESIGN | architecture, reuse, ports, boundaries, residual stress decisions | durable design identities and obligations |
| DEVOPS | environment, deployment, recovery and observability constraints | executable operational obligations |
| DISTILL | acceptance oracle and one immutable DeliveryContract | locator plus digest |
| DELIVER | implementation against that contract | terminal candidate/review/EXAMINE evidence |
| FINALIZE | whole-delivery hygiene and durable back-propagation | clean tree and closure result |
Not every change needs every upstream conversation. A small defect can start at
RCA and reuse existing product/design authority. ADR-SSOT-002 §5 determines
when an unresolved fact needs DISCUSS or DESIGN; human authority decides real
scope and trade-offs.
The handoff mechanism is identity plus projection, not copied narrative. A
downstream discovery updates the durable upstream authority, then DISTILL emits
a new immutable contract. No dual-write or compatibility fallback.
