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# Specification Quality Checklist: Guest Communication & Enhanced Error Handling (v1.1) **Purpose**: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning **Created**: 2025-10-13 **Feature**: [spec.md](../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 ## Validation Results ### Content Quality Review ✅ **No implementation details**: Specification describes WHAT and WHY without HOW. No mention of Python, FastAPI, or specific technical implementations. ✅ **User value focused**: All three user stories directly address business needs (guest communication context, operational resilience, quality assurance). ✅ **Non-technical language**: Written for property managers and business stakeholders. Technical terms limited to domain concepts (batch operations, message channels). ✅ **Mandatory sections complete**: User Scenarios, Requirements, Success Criteria all present and comprehensive. ### Requirement Completeness Review ✅ **No clarification markers**: All requirements are concrete and unambiguous. No [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] markers present. ✅ **Testable requirements**: Each of 18 functional requirements includes verifiable criteria: - FR-001: "search messages by booking ID" → can verify with booking ID 12345 - FR-007: "handle batch operations with partial failures" → can test with 10 items, 2 invalid - FR-012: "maintain test coverage ≥80%" → measurable via pytest-cov ✅ **Measurable success criteria**: All 10 success criteria include specific metrics: - SC-001: "under 2 seconds for bookings with up to 100 messages" - SC-005: "≥80% across all modules, with ≥90% coverage for new v1.1 features" - SC-006: "80% compared to v1.0" ✅ **Technology-agnostic criteria**: Success criteria focus on user outcomes, not implementation: - "AI agents can retrieve" (not "API responds in") - "System maintains 99.9% uptime" (not "Docker container uptime") - "Property managers report ≥90% satisfaction" (business metric, not technical) ✅ **Acceptance scenarios defined**: Each user story includes 5 Given-When-Then scenarios covering primary and edge cases. ✅ **Edge cases identified**: 10 edge cases documented covering boundary conditions, error scenarios, and system limits. ✅ **Scope bounded**: Out of Scope section explicitly excludes message sending, real-time notifications, translation, analytics, and advanced search. Deferred features listed with target versions. ✅ **Dependencies identified**: External (Hostaway Messages API), Internal (v1.0 systems), and Blocking (test environment access) dependencies all documented. ### Feature Readiness Review ✅ **Clear acceptance criteria**: All 18 functional requirements map to testable acceptance scenarios in user stories. ✅ **Primary flows covered**: User Story 1 (message search/history), User Story 2 (partial failures), User Story 3 (test coverage) cover core v1.1 capabilities. ✅ **Measurable outcomes met**: 10 success criteria provide quantitative (performance, coverage, accuracy) and qualitative (satisfaction) measures. ✅ **No implementation leakage**: Specification maintains abstraction. No code snippets, framework references, or technical architecture details. ## Notes - **Specification Quality**: Excellent. All checklist items pass validation. - **Readiness**: Feature is ready for `/speckit.plan` phase. No spec updates required. - **Strengths**: - Comprehensive edge case analysis (10 scenarios) - Strong risk mitigation strategy (technical + operational risks identified) - Clear v1.0 → v1.1 migration path documented - Well-defined out-of-scope boundaries prevent scope creep - **Recommendations**: - Validate Hostaway API message endpoints early in planning phase (documented as technical risk) - Confirm test environment access before implementation (documented as blocking dependency) - Consider feature flags for partial failure handling (documented in risk mitigation) ## Status: ✅ VALIDATED - READY FOR PLANNING