The decision
State what changed, what remains unresolved and who owns the next action.
Workflows that continue after everyone leaves the room.
Bring relevant context together before the work begins, keep evidence and decisions connected while people work, then leave a reviewed explanation the next person can use.
Before the work
Begin with the context the problem actually requires.
An engineering problem rarely begins in one place. The code, issue, previous decision, test result and people who understand the history may all be separate.
Bring the relevant, authorized material into one baseline. Show where each item came from, distinguish approved knowledge from evidence still being examined and respect the Product or Project boundary.
During the work
Investigate openly while people remain responsible.
Use a shared working context to challenge assumptions, examine evidence, discuss code changes and keep unresolved questions visible while the team works through the problem.
Approved AI tools can contribute within the same authorized context, but their responses remain proposals or evidence until people review the conclusion and decide what should be kept.
After the work
Leave a reviewed explanation, not another trail to reconstruct.
A completed piece of work should preserve the decision, the relevant evidence, the alternatives set aside, the remaining risks and the next action.
Keep that reviewed context findable for a later teammate, session, device or approved tool without turning every private discussion into permanent organizational knowledge.
What a useful handoff preserves
Leave enough context for the work to continue.
The evidence
Keep the relevant code, tests, observations and alternatives connected to the decision they informed.
The boundaries
Record the access, approval and guardrails that still apply when another person or approved tool returns to the work.
Questions
Questions about these workflows.
What connects these workflows?
The same governed context connects the problem, evidence, investigation, decision and reviewed explanation before, during and after the work.
What should happen before the work starts?
Authorized participants should begin with a common, relevant baseline that shows where information came from and separates approved knowledge from evidence still being examined.
What role can approved AI tools play?
Approved AI tools can contribute evidence, analysis or proposals within authorized context. People remain responsible for reviewing conclusions and deciding what becomes reusable knowledge.
What should remain after the work?
A reviewed account of the decision, supporting evidence, alternatives, unresolved risks, access boundaries and next action should remain available to the people allowed to continue the work.