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---
name: poc
depth: Minimal
keywords:
- proof of concept
- prototype
- poc
- spike
description: Prove feasibility fast
skeleton: on
review_cap: advisory
change_control: relaxed
---
# poc scope
Minimal depth aimed at proving feasibility fast. Almost everything except
the bare path to running code is skipped: capture the intent, reverse-
engineer any existing code, pull the requirements, then generate and test.
No design ceremony, no operations, no delivery planning.
Change Control defaults to relaxed: an input that changes after approval is recorded and announced in one line, and the spike keeps moving.
## Why these stages, why skip those
A proof of concept answers one question — "can this work?" — so it keeps
only the stages that get to an answer: intent-capture, reverse-engineering,
requirements-analysis, code-generation, build-and-test. The whole point is
to discard the rest (domain-design, units-generation, nfr work, the
operation phase) because a spike is throwaway. If the answer is yes,
re-scope to `feature`/`mvp` and run the full arc on the real build.
## Membership
Keyword triggers: `proof of concept`, `prototype`, `poc`, `spike`.
Initialization plus the thin feasibility path execute; everything else is
SKIP.