01 · HUMAN-LED
Explore & Challenge
Discuss ideas, explore the problem space, challenge assumptions — divergent thinking.
02 · HUMAN-LED
Design & Specify
Eliminate ambiguity, detail specifications, create contracts — convergent thinking.
03 · HUMAN ↔ AGENT
Plan & Architect
Decompose and sequence into steps. Create the test plan, the implementation plan, and the verification strategy.
04 · AGENT LED
Implement
Test-driven (red/green) methodology; implementation grounded in organisational standards. Orchestrated across parallel streams. Drives robustness and quality.
05 · AGENT LED
Verify & Red Team
Unit, integration, and trend testing; threat modelling; deliberately adversarial attacks via multiple models.
06 · AGENT LED
Provision & Release
Ephemeral environments for acceptance. Change manifests. Release notes. Ship or schedule.