⚔️ Art of War for Software Engineering

"The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought." — Sun Tzu

Without this framework, teams commit to initiatives with hidden weaknesses — wrong timing, technical terrain that can't support the feature, no clear ownership, or engineers building without knowing why. The Five Factors surface these risks before resources are spent.

🏛️ The Five Fundamental Factors (Ngũ Sự)

Five parallel evaluation criteria. Score all simultaneously — not a sequential pipeline.

1. Tao (道 — The Way)

Definition: Shared vision and alignment between stakeholders and the engineering team.

• Software Mapping: Does every engineer know why we are building this? → why-strategic-rationale
• Check: Can any engineer articulate the business value without reading a doc?