Blueprint policy — do not change casually

This directory blueprints/sdlc/ is the frozen SDLC package: process and documentation conventions meant to be reused and compared across projects.

Rules

1. Do not edit files here as part of normal product work (features, docs under docs/, WBS updates, etc.).
2. Change only when explicitly requested — e.g. adopting a new blueprint version, fixing an upstream template bug, or a deliberate policy decision to revise the baseline.
3. Day-to-day project work belongs in sdlc/ (this repo’s SDLC workspace) and docs/ (requirements, roadmap, profile, etc.).
4. If you change SDLC.md, DOCUMENTATION-STRUCTURE.md, methodologies/*.md, or related blueprint files, update the human handbook in blueprints/sdlc/docs/ (chapter *.html, SVGs as needed) per blueprints/sdlc/docs/MAINTENANCE.md. When blueprints/agents/ in the same repository changes, align blueprints/sdlc/docs/agents.html with blueprints/agents/STRUCTURE.md.

Relationship to sdlc/

• blueprints/sdlc/ — canonical, generic text (immutable by convention).
• sdlc/ — where this project links, interprets, and extends the SDLC without touching the blueprint.

Copying this repo: you may copy blueprints/sdlc/ wholesale to another repository; use sdlc/ (or equivalent) only in repos that track project-specific SDLC notes.