Specification Quality Checklist: Observability

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-05-29 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

[x] No implementation details (languages, frameworks, APIs)
[x] Focused on user value and business needs
[x] Written for non-technical stakeholders
[x] All mandatory sections completed

Requirement Completeness

[x] No [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] markers remain
[x] Requirements are testable and unambiguous
[x] Success criteria are measurable
[x] Success criteria are technology-agnostic (no implementation details)
[x] All acceptance scenarios are defined
[x] Edge cases are identified
[x] Scope is clearly bounded
[x] Dependencies and assumptions identified

Feature Readiness

[x] All functional requirements have clear acceptance criteria
[x] User scenarios cover primary flows
[x] Feature meets measurable outcomes defined in Success Criteria
[x] No implementation details leak into specification

Notes

All items pass. The spec describes existing brownfield behavior in present tense without prescribing implementation details.
15 functional requirements, 9 user stories, 7 success criteria, and 6 edge cases provide comprehensive coverage of the observability capability.
The graceful no-op fallback pattern is consistently documented across all components.