Add OctoAcme Project Management Process Overview README to docs/ folder #3
Description
This PR adds a new README to the docs/ folder, providing a concise overview of the project management processes used by OctoAcme. The overview describes lifecycle stages, key workflows, roles, communication strategies, and quality assurance practices, supporting onboarding and consistent execution.
OctoAcme Project Management Process Overview
OctoAcme follows an iterative, customer-first approach to project management, moving through a lifecycle of Initiation, Planning, Execution, Release, and Retrospective. Each project begins with a lightweight one-pager to validate business value and priorities, identifying key stakeholders, success metrics, and initial risks. Planning breaks initiatives into shippable increments with a prioritized backlog, estimates, clear acceptance criteria, and a map of releases and dependencies.
Execution is tracked via a project board with clear stages (Backlog, Ready, In Progress, In Review, QA, Done). Pull requests follow disciplined conventions—small changes, linked issues, defined acceptance criteria, automated tests and security scans, and mandatory code review approvals. The team’s rhythm includes daily standups, weekly delivery syncs, and milestone demos. Release practices include CI validation, documentation, staging and smoke tests, automated deployment, and a well-defined rollback protocol for incidents.
Key roles include the Product Manager (vision, outcomes), Project Manager (delivery, communication), Developers (implementation, testing), and QA (validation). Communication strategies range from weekly stakeholder updates and routine standups to a single source of status truth in docs, dashboards, and release notes. Quality assurance features robust testing, CI-based scanning, and manual feature acceptance. Retrospectives and continuous improvement practices convert lessons learned into actionable backlog items, tracked and measured for impact.