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Overview

How to Read This Section

This section explains what you are doing and why when using Feedback Loops.

It exists for two situations:

  • You are new to Feedback Loops and need to understand the logic behind the steps.
  • You have used Feedback Loops before and need a quick refresher on what a stage or concept is actually for.

This section is not required to run the process. That is the job of the SOP.

What This Section Is

The Quick Reference section:

  • Explains the intent behind each part of the system
  • Defines key concepts and boundaries
  • Clarifies how Feedback Loops relates to design and delivery
  • Exists to prevent misuse, drift, and cargo-cult execution

If you are asking “Why do we do it this way?”, this is where you look.

What This Section Is Not

The Quick Reference section is not:

  • A step-by-step guide
  • A checklist
  • A collection of prompts
  • A training course
  • A textbook on software or domain-driven design

You will not find instructions like “run this prompt” or “fill in this template” here. Those live in the SOP.

How This Section Relates to the SOP

The SOP tells you what to do. The Quick Reference explains what you are doing.

You can follow the SOP without reading this section and still produce valid outputs. You cannot safely change, adapt, or shortcut the process without understanding the theory.

When there is disagreement about:

  • scope,
  • intent,
  • ownership,
  • or whether something “counts”,

the Quick Reference section is the reference.

When to Read This Section

Read this section:

  • Once, end-to-end, before using Feedback Loops for the first time
  • Again, whenever something feels unclear or contentious
  • Selectively, when you need to remind yourself what a stage or concept is for

You do not need to memorise it. You do need to respect it.

A Final Constraint

The Quick Reference section explains why the system works the way it does. It does not invite debate about whether those constraints should exist.

If you want to experiment, adapt, or redesign the system, do that consciously and explicitly.

If you are running Feedback Loops, this is the mental model you are operating within.