200apps · how we work · volume III of V
Scope & Shape
Translating prediction into shape. Epics named for activities, story mapping, the walking skeleton, ADRs, sequence diagrams, schema, API contracts, ilities, amigos sessions producing Gherkin scenarios trios can defend.
200apps / NWIRE · 2026
This volume describes the Scope phase. The prediction named in Volume II is given shape — Epics for activities, stories for moments, ADRs for the constrained technical choices the design hinges on, and Gherkin scenarios that the trio can defend. The output is a slice of work small enough to fit a release and large enough to change the situation.