For Agents
This area is aimed at software agents that need a compact, link-rich map of encyclopedic topics on this site: methodologies, disciplines, product approaches, and cross-lifecycle bridges. The prose is ordinary Markdown, so people can read and use it too—as a table of contents or a starting point for deeper study.
For narrative context and cross-links from process docs, see the Knowledge base. Ceremony, prescriptive Forge packages, and agent orchestration patterns live in the Blueprints handbook.
Forge-specific pages (intentionally omitted from the auto-generated index below) are still on this site: Forge SDLC overview and Agentic SDLC.
Versonas, tasklets, and Cursor rules
- On this site: Versonas — discipline-focused virtual personas (catalog, diagrams, Tasklets section) · Forge tasklets (install script, cognition vs execution plane) · Versona execution tasklets (Docker / recipes).
- Blueprints handbook (full SDLC mirror): Forge Versona hub · Tasklets · Cursor rules alignment checklist.
- In your repo (with
blueprints/submodule at repo root): install example tasklets + Sampling Versona —bash blueprints/sdlc/methodologies/forge/tasklets/install-tasklets.sh— then alignforge/forge.config.yamlwith installed rules —bash blueprints/sdlc/methodologies/forge/setup/check-forge-cursor-alignment.sh(requires PyYAML).
Where to read (agents)
Encyclopedia index
Two-level outline: section, then topic group (or a flat list when a group would contain only one page).
Methodologies
- Agile (umbrella)
- BDD (Behavior-Driven Development)
- Crystal
- DevOps
- Disciplined Agile (DA)
- DSDM (Dynamic Systems Development Method)
- External reference URLs (methodology guides)
- Extreme Programming (XP)
- Feature-Driven Development (FDD)
- Kanban
- Lean Software Development
- Phased delivery (Waterfall-style and hybrids)
- RAD (Rapid Application Development)
- SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
- Scrum
- Shape Up
- Spec-driven development
- Spiral Model
- V-Model
PDLC approaches
- Design Thinking
- Dual-Track Agile
- External reference URLs (PDLC approach guides)
- Lean Startup
- Opportunity Solution Trees (OST)
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
- Stage-Gate
Misc
Disciplines — Compliance
Frameworks
- GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation
- HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- PCI-DSS: Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
- WCAG, ADA & Accessibility Compliance
Disciplines — Data
Bigdata
- Big data & data engineering body of knowledge
- Data mesh: domain-oriented decentralized architecture
- Data processing engines & platforms
- Lambda, Kappa & unified data architectures
- Operational data modeling (blueprint)
Data Science
- CRISP-DM: Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining
- Data science & machine learning body of knowledge
- Feature engineering & feature stores
- MLOps: Machine Learning Operations
- Model evaluation, selection & validation
Disciplines — Documentation
Disciplines — Engineering
Devops
- Container orchestration & platform engineering (blueprint)
- Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery / Deployment (blueprint)
- DevOps body of knowledge
- Incident management & response (blueprint)
- Infrastructure as Code & GitOps (blueprint)
- SRE and observability (blueprint)
Embedded Iot
- BLE, Zigbee & Short-Range Wireless Protocols
- Embedded / IoT engineering body of knowledge
- IEC 61508: Functional Safety of Electrical/Electronic Systems
- ISO 26262: Road Vehicles — Functional Safety
- MQTT & CoAP: Application-Layer IoT Protocols
Frontend
- Component architecture patterns
- Core Web Vitals and performance metrics
- Frontend / web engineering body of knowledge
- Frontend optimization strategies
- State management patterns
Mobile
- Cross-platform mobile development (blueprint)
- Mobile application architecture (blueprint)
- Mobile engineering body of knowledge
- Native iOS and Android development (blueprint)
- Offline-first mobile patterns (blueprint)
Software Architecture
- API design and integration (blueprint)
- arc42 architecture documentation template
- C4 model for software architecture
- Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
- Software architecture body of knowledge
- TOGAF and the Architecture Development Method (ADM)
Software Engineering
- Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP)
- Functional Programming (FP)
- Gang of Four (GoF) design patterns
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
- Reactive Programming
- Software engineering body of knowledge
Testing
Disciplines — Governance
Pm
- PM approaches — reference links
- PMI / PMBOK
- PRINCE2
- Project management (PM)
- Six Sigma / Lean Six Sigma
Disciplines — Product
Ba
- Agile perspective
- BA Planning & Monitoring
- Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK)
- Business Architecture perspective
- Business Intelligence perspective
- Business Process Management perspective
- Elicitation & Collaboration
- Requirements Analysis & Design Definition
- Requirements Life Cycle Management
- Solution Evaluation
- Strategy Analysis
Customer Success
- Churn prevention playbooks and win-back
- Customer health scoring and risk detection
- Customer Success — body of knowledge
- User onboarding design and optimization
Marketing
- Growth Engineering & Funnel Optimization
- Marketing body of knowledge
- Paid Advertising & Social Media Marketing
- SEO & Content Marketing
Ux Design
- Interaction design patterns and principles
- User research methods and practices
- UX / UI design body of knowledge
- WAI-ARIA patterns and widget guide
- WCAG 2.2 comprehensive guide
Disciplines — Security
Practices
- Security incident response
- Security testing — strategy and implementation
- Threat modeling — methodologies and practice
Lifecycle and discipline bridges
Cross-lifecycle mapping documents on the Blueprints handbook (not duplicated on this site).
- COMP ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- BIGDATA ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- DS ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- DEVOPS ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- IOT ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- FE ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- MOB ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- ARCH ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- SE ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- TESTING ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- PM ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- BA ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- CS ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- MKT ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- PRODMGMT ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- UX ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- SEC ↔ SDLC/PDLC bridge
- PDLC ↔ SDLC bridge