Task Breakdown - Value-Driven Decomposition

Foundational Principle

Every task must deliver working software that provides measurable user value.

Creating technical-only or oversized tasks creates:

• Work that doesn't ship until "everything is done"
• Teams working on pieces that don't integrate
• No early validation of value or technical approach
• Waterfall development disguised as iterative process

Tasks answer: What working increment will be delivered? Tasks never answer: How to implement that increment (that's Subtasks).

Mandatory Workflow