Environment / Context: Early-phase and evolving software projects using Spec Kitty workflows.
Core Motivations
Professional Drivers: Faster onboarding, lower ambiguity, and predictable delivery.
Emotional or Cognitive Drivers: Confidence that tool-guided decisions remain aligned with project intent.
Systemic Positioning: Decision authority for scope and acceptance.
Desiderata
Category
Expectation / Need
Description
Information
Clear status signals
Understand what has been generated and what still needs confirmation.
Interaction
Guided interviews
Prefer structured prompts over open-ended architecture debates.
Support
Reusable templates
Needs repeatable defaults for new features and contributors.
Governance
Explicit approval points
Must be able to stop, adjust, or approve decisions at critical checkpoints.
Decision Authority
Final on project intent
Approves mission scope, architecture direction, and governance exceptions.
Frustrations and Constraints
Pain Points: Hidden assumptions in generated artifacts, unclear handoffs, and duplicated documentation.
Trade-Off Awareness: Accepts slower onboarding if it improves downstream clarity.
Environmental Constraints: Limited review time, mixed contributor experience levels.
Behavioral Cues
Situation
Typical Behavior
Interpretation
Stable / Routine
Delegates implementation details
Trusts documented workflows when outcomes are predictable.
Change / Uncertainty
Requests explicit options and risks
Needs clear alternatives before approving change.
Under Pressure
Narrows scope to must-have outcomes
Prioritizes delivery and risk containment.
Collaboration Preferences
Decision Style: Outcome-driven and constraint-aware.
Communication Style: Concise updates with explicit implications.
Feedback Expectations: Clear recommendations with reversible options.
Design Impact
Affected By: Onboarding flow design, governance defaults, and mission discoverability.
Needs From Design: Predictable paths from idea to accepted implementation.
Risk If Ignored: Fragmented workflows and reduced trust in generated outputs.
Acceptance Signal: New contributors can bootstrap and produce aligned specs without manual correction.
Measures of Success
Dimension
Indicator
Type
Performance
Time from init to first accepted feature spec
Quantitative
Quality
Ratio of architecture docs accepted without major rewrite
Quantitative
Growth
Contributor confidence in governance-guided workflow
Qualitative
Narrative Summary
The Project Owner uses Spec Kitty to convert intent into repeatable delivery behavior.
They value fast progress, but not at the expense of governance clarity. Their trust in
architecture artifacts depends on explicit boundaries, visible decisions, and predictable
handoffs across human and agent actors.