Product App - Features & Capabilities Report

Template Version: 1.0.0 Generated: 2026-01-22 Package: @epicdm/flowstate-app-product App ID: product

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. App Identity
3. Feature Categories
4. Capabilities
5. Data Models
6. User Workflows
7. Integration Points
8. Commands & Keybindings
9. Architecture Summary
10. Quality & Compliance

Overview

Purpose

The Product App provides comprehensive product management capabilities for FlowState, enabling product managers and teams to manage product portfolios, define strategic goals (OKRs), plan roadmaps with initiatives, coordinate teams with RACI matrices, and track product lifecycle phases.

Target Users

Value Proposition

• Centralized Product Management: Single source of truth for all product information
• Strategic Goal Alignment: OKR framework with hierarchical goals and metrics
• Visual Roadmap Planning: Timeline and Kanban views for initiative management
• Clear Accountability: RACI matrix for defining responsibilities
• Portfolio Health Monitoring: Aggregated views with health indicators
• Activity Tracking: Comprehensive audit trail of all product changes

App Identity

Entry Points

Feature Categories

Category 1: Product Management

Core product lifecycle management from concept to maturity

Feature: Product CRUD Operations

Description: Create, view, edit, and delete products with comprehensive metadata including name, description, type, phase, and visual customization (icon, color).

User Story: As a product manager, I want to manage product records so that I can track all products in our portfolio.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] Create products with name, description, type, icon, color
• [x] View products in list/grid layouts with filtering
• [x] Edit product details via modal
• [x] Soft-delete products with confirmation dialog
• [x] Filter by product type and lifecycle phase

Implementation:

Routes:

• /products - Product list view
• /products/:productId - Product detail view

Feature: Product Creation Wizard

Description: 6-step guided wizard for comprehensive product creation covering type selection, identity, problem/value proposition, target market, competitive analysis, and review.

User Story: As a product manager, I want a guided product creation process so that I capture all essential product information upfront.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] Step 1: Select product type (software, physical, service, content, custom)
• [x] Step 2: Define identity (name, description, icon, color)
• [x] Step 3: Define problem statement and value proposition
• [x] Step 4: Define target market and customer persona
• [x] Step 5: Analyze competitive landscape
• [x] Step 6: Review and confirm creation
• [x] Progress persistence in session storage
• [x] Skip and navigate between steps

Implementation:

Feature: Product Lifecycle Phases

Description: Track product through lifecycle phases (Ideation, Development, Launch, Growth, Maturity, Decline) with transition history and optional notes.

User Story: As a product manager, I want to track my product's lifecycle phase so that I can apply appropriate strategies for each stage.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] Visual phase indicator showing current phase
• [x] Phase transition modal with optional notes
• [x] Historical timeline of phase transitions
• [x] Phase-based filtering in product list

Implementation:

Feature: Product Strategy Definition

Description: Define and edit strategic elements including problem statement, value proposition, target market, customer persona, competitive landscape, and KPIs.

User Story: As a product manager, I want to document my product strategy so that the team understands the product's direction and positioning.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] Strategy tab with editable sections
• [x] Problem statement and value proposition fields
• [x] Target market and customer persona sections
• [x] Competitive landscape documentation
• [x] KPI definition and tracking

Implementation:

Category 2: Goal/OKR Management

Strategic goal setting and tracking with hierarchical structure

Feature: Goal CRUD Operations

Description: Create, view, edit, and delete goals with support for hierarchical parent-child relationships, categories, status tracking, and progress modes.

User Story: As a product manager, I want to manage strategic goals so that I can align team efforts with business objectives.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] Create goals with title, description, category, priority
• [x] Support hierarchical goals (parent/child)
• [x] Track status (Not Started, In Progress, At Risk, On Track, Complete)
• [x] Support manual and automatic progress tracking
• [x] Due date and target date management

Implementation:

Feature: Goal Views

Description: Multiple visualization options for goals including list view, dashboard view with charts, and hierarchical tree view.

User Story: As a product manager, I want different ways to view my goals so that I can understand progress from multiple perspectives.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] List view with filtering and sorting
• [x] Dashboard view with summary statistics
• [x] Tree view showing goal hierarchy
• [x] View toggle controls

Implementation:

Feature: Goal Metrics/KPIs

Description: Attach measurable metrics to goals with support for different types (percentage, currency, count, custom), target values, current values, and trend indicators.

User Story: As a product manager, I want to attach metrics to my goals so that I can measure progress objectively.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] Add multiple metrics per goal
• [x] Support metric types (percentage, currency, count, custom)
• [x] Track target, current, and start values
• [x] Display trend indicators (up, down, stable)
• [x] Visual progress representation

Implementation:

Feature: Goal Charts & Analytics

Description: Visual analytics for goals including category distribution charts, progress distribution, and overall progress gauge.

User Story: As a product manager, I want visual analytics for my goals so that I can quickly understand overall goal health.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] Goals by category chart
• [x] Progress distribution chart
• [x] Overall progress gauge
• [x] Summary statistics display

Implementation:

Category 3: Roadmap & Initiative Management

Strategic planning with timeline and status-based views

Feature: Roadmap Management

Description: Product roadmaps with support for quarterly planning, two visualization modes (timeline and kanban), and year navigation.

User Story: As a product manager, I want to create and manage roadmaps so that I can plan and communicate product strategy.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] Auto-create roadmap on first access
• [x] Timeline view organized by quarters
• [x] Kanban view organized by status
• [x] Year navigation for multi-year planning
• [x] Quarter filtering in kanban view

Implementation:

Feature: Initiative Management

Description: Create and manage initiatives within roadmaps with status tracking, priority levels, color coding, and project linking.

User Story: As a product manager, I want to manage initiatives so that I can track strategic work items on my roadmap.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] Create initiatives with name, description, quarter, status, priority
• [x] Color coding for visual differentiation
• [x] Link projects to initiatives
• [x] Status tracking (Backlog, Planned, In Progress, Done)
• [x] Priority levels (High, Medium, Low)

Implementation:

Feature: Drag-and-Drop Roadmap

Description: Drag-and-drop support for moving initiatives between quarters (timeline) or status columns (kanban).

User Story: As a product manager, I want to drag initiatives to reschedule them so that I can quickly adjust my roadmap.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] Drag initiatives between quarters in timeline view
• [x] Drag initiatives between status columns in kanban view
• [x] Visual feedback during drag operations
• [x] Automatic data persistence on drop

Implementation:

Category 4: Team & RACI Management

Team composition and responsibility assignment

Feature: Team Member Management

Description: Manage product team members with role assignments (Owner, Contributor, Viewer), user search, and RACI role assignments.

User Story: As a product manager, I want to manage my product team so that I can track who is working on my product.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] Add team members by searching users
• [x] Assign roles (Owner, Contributor, Viewer)
• [x] Edit team member roles
• [x] Remove team members with confirmation
• [x] View team member list

Implementation:

Feature: RACI Matrix

Description: Interactive RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) matrix for defining clear accountability across responsibility areas.

User Story: As a product manager, I want to define a RACI matrix so that everyone knows their responsibilities.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] Interactive matrix with team members vs areas
• [x] Click to cycle through R/A/C/I roles
• [x] Add/manage RACI areas
• [x] Validation warnings (missing Accountable/Responsible)
• [x] Legend explaining RACI abbreviations

Implementation:

Category 5: Project Integration

Linking projects to products for execution tracking

Feature: Project Linking

Description: Link external projects to products with relationship types (Supports, Implements, Depends On) and track project progress.

User Story: As a product manager, I want to link projects to my product so that I can track execution progress.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] Link projects to products via modal
• [x] Define relationship type (supports, implements, depends_on)
• [x] View linked projects with status and completion
• [x] Unlink projects with confirmation
• [x] Grid and list view options

Implementation:

Category 6: Portfolio Management

Aggregated portfolio views and health monitoring

Feature: Portfolio Dashboard

Description: Portfolio-level view showing all products with health indicators, filtering, sorting, and aggregated statistics.

User Story: As an executive, I want a portfolio view so that I can monitor the health of all products at once.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] Grid view of all products
• [x] Health status indicators (green/yellow/red)
• [x] Filter by phase, type, health, owner
• [x] Sort by name, phase, health, created date
• [x] Portfolio statistics summary

Implementation:

Category 7: Activity Tracking

Comprehensive audit trail and activity monitoring

Feature: Activity Feed

Description: Chronological feed of all product-related activities with filtering by entity type and action.

User Story: As a product manager, I want to see an activity log so that I can track all changes to my product.

Acceptance Criteria:

• [x] Chronological activity display
• [x] Filter by entity type (product, goal, project, team)
• [x] Filter by action type
• [x] Display user info and change details
• [x] Pagination support

Implementation:

Capabilities

Core Capabilities

Technical Capabilities

Integration Capabilities

Data Models

Collections Used

Entity Relationships

Product
    |
    +-- Goals (hasMany via productGoals)
    |       |
    |       +-- Child Goals (hasMany via parentGoalId)
    |       |
    |       +-- Metrics (embedded array)
    |
    +-- Roadmap (hasOne)
    |       |
    |       +-- Initiatives (hasMany)
    |               |
    |               +-- Projects (manyToMany via projectIds)
    |
    +-- TeamMembers (hasMany)
    |       |
    |       +-- RACI Assignments (embedded array)
    |
    +-- ProductProjects (hasMany)
    |       |
    |       +-- Project (belongsTo)
    |
    +-- Activities (hasMany)

Key Data Flows

User Action --> Component --> Hook --> Service (pure functions) --> RxDB Collection --> UI Update
                                |
                                +--> Zustand Store (UI state)

User Workflows

Workflow 1: Product Creation

Complete guided product creation process

Trigger: Click "New Product" button

Steps:

Success Outcome: Product created in "Concept" phase, user redirected to product detail Failure Handling: Validation errors shown inline, wizard data persisted in session

Workflow 2: Goal Management

Create and track strategic goals with metrics

Trigger: Navigate to Goals tab, click "Add Goal"

Steps:

Success Outcome: Goal appears in goal list with status badge Failure Handling: Validation errors displayed, form state preserved

Workflow 3: Roadmap Planning

Plan product strategy with initiatives

Trigger: Navigate to Roadmap tab

Steps:

Success Outcome: Initiatives organized by quarter with linked projects Failure Handling: Drag operations cancelable, data persisted on drop

Workflow 4: RACI Assignment

Define team responsibilities

Trigger: Navigate to Team tab, select RACI view

Steps:

Success Outcome: Complete RACI matrix with all areas covered Failure Handling: Warnings highlight missing accountable/responsible roles

State Transitions

Product Phase States

+----------+   +-------------+   +--------+   +--------+   +----------+   +---------+
| Ideation |-->| Development |-->| Launch |-->| Growth |-->| Maturity |-->| Decline |
+----------+   +-------------+   +--------+   +--------+   +----------+   +---------+

Goal Status States

+-------------+   +-------------+   +----------+
| Not Started |-->| In Progress |-->| Complete |
+-------------+   +-------------+   +----------+
        |                |
        v                v
    +---------+     +----------+
    | At Risk | <-->| On Track |
    +---------+     +----------+

Initiative Status States

+---------+   +---------+   +-------------+   +------+
| Backlog |-->| Planned |-->| In Progress |-->| Done |
+---------+   +---------+   +-------------+   +------+

Integration Points

Internal Integrations

External Integrations

MCP Integration

Commands & Keybindings

Registered Commands

Note: Commands and keybindings are not currently registered in flowstate.json

Menu Contributions

Architecture Summary

Directory Structure

src/
+-- components/          # UI components
|   +-- activity/       # Activity feed components
|   +-- detail/         # Product detail components
|   +-- goals/          # Goal management components
|   |   +-- charts/     # Goal visualization charts
|   +-- portfolio/      # Portfolio view components
|   +-- products/       # Product list components
|   +-- projects/       # Project linking components
|   +-- raci/           # RACI matrix components
|   +-- roadmap/        # Roadmap/initiative components
|   +-- shared/         # Shared utility components
|   +-- team/           # Team management components
|   +-- wizard/         # Product creation wizard
+-- hooks/              # Custom React hooks (10 hooks)
+-- services/           # Business logic services (6 services)
+-- pages/              # Page components (6 pages)
+-- types/              # TypeScript definitions
+-- schemas/            # Zod validation schemas
+-- stores/             # Zustand stores (4 stores)
+-- utils/              # Utility functions

Key Architectural Patterns

Services Overview

Hooks Overview

Stores Overview

Quality & Compliance

Test Coverage

Accessibility

Security Considerations

FlowState Alignment

Spec-Driven Development

This app follows the FlowState Standard for spec-driven development:

• Requirements: .flowstate/specs/{{feature-name}}/requirements.md
• Design: .flowstate/specs/{{feature-name}}/design.md
• Wireframes: .flowstate/specs/{{feature-name}}/wireframes.html
• Tasks: .flowstate/specs/{{feature-name}}/tasks.md

Quality Gates

Appendix

Related Documentation

Version History