# Analysis Document
Generated: Tuesday, September 16, 2025

## Project Overview
The project is an **Angular Clarity Boilerplate**, designed to serve as a foundational template for building modern, scalable, and feature-rich web applications. It provides a pre-configured Angular project integrated with the VMware Clarity Design System, enabling developers to kickstart new projects with a robust and consistent architecture, thereby accelerating the development lifecycle.

## Business Analysis
The primary business need is to **streamline the initial setup phase of new Angular projects** within an organization or for individual developers. The target audience is **Angular developers and development teams** who require a standardized, best-practice project structure. The value proposition is centered around increasing development efficiency, enforcing UI/UX consistency through the Clarity Design System, and reducing the boilerplate code that developers need to write for every new project.

## User Requirements (Developer Requirements)
The "users" of this boilerplate are developers. Their core requirements are:
- Developers must be able to **quickly set up a new project** by cloning the repository and installing dependencies.
- Developers must be provided with a **clear and understandable project structure** that promotes scalability and maintainability.
- The boilerplate must include a **pre-built, responsive application layout** (e.g., header, sidebar, content area).
- Developers must have access to **pre-configured core and shared modules** for common functionalities like services, guards, and reusable components.
- The boilerplate must be **easily extendable** with new feature modules and components.

## Functional Requirements
The boilerplate will provide the following functional capabilities out-of-the-box:

- **Pre-configured Angular Environment:** A ready-to-use Angular CLI project with all necessary dependencies and build configurations.
- **Clarity Design System Integration:** Full integration of Clarity UI components and styles, ready for immediate use.
- **Scalable Architecture:** A modular structure featuring a `CoreModule` for singleton services and a `SharedModule` for reusable UI components, directives, and pipes.
- **Responsive Layout:** A default application shell with a responsive header, navigation sidebar, and main content area.
- **Routing:** A pre-configured routing module with examples of lazy-loaded feature modules.
- **Theming:** Basic support for Clarity's light and dark themes.

## Non-Functional Requirements

- **Performance:** The initial boilerplate should be lightweight, ensuring fast development server startup times and optimized production builds.
- **Usability (Developer Experience):** The codebase must be clean, well-commented, and logically organized to provide an excellent developer experience.
- **Maintainability:** The modular architecture must facilitate easy updates to dependencies and allow for the addition of new features without introducing breaking changes to the core structure.
- **Scalability:** The architecture is designed to support the growth of large, enterprise-scale applications.
- **Extensibility:** The boilerplate should be easy to customize and extend with additional libraries, modules, and configurations as per project-specific needs.

## User Stories (Developer Stories)

### User Story 1: Quick Project Initialization
- **As a developer, I want to clone the repository and run `npm install` and `ng serve` to get a live development server running, so that I can bypass manual setup and start building features immediately.**
- **Acceptance Criteria:**
    - Given I have Node.js and Angular CLI installed,
    - When I clone the repository, install dependencies, and run the start command,
    - Then the application compiles successfully and is accessible in my browser at `localhost:4200`.

### User Story 2: Add a New Feature
- **As a developer, I want to create a new lazy-loaded feature module with its own components and routing, so that I can add new sections to the application in a scalable way.**
- **Acceptance Criteria:**
    - Given the boilerplate is running,
    - When I use the Angular CLI to generate a new module and add it to the main routing configuration,
    - Then I can navigate to the new feature's route, and its components are rendered correctly.

### User Story 3: Utilize Shared Components
- **As a developer, I want to use a component from the `SharedModule` within a new feature module, so that I can reuse common UI elements and maintain consistency.**
- **Acceptance Criteria:**
    - Given I have a new feature module,
    - When I import the `SharedModule` into my feature module,
    - Then I can use the shared components (e.g., a custom card or loader) in my feature's templates without errors.

## Business Rules (Architectural Principles)
- Singleton services (e.g., logging, authentication) must be provided in the `CoreModule`.
- Reusable components, pipes, and directives that do not have a dependency on services must be declared and exported in the `SharedModule`.
- All major application features should be encapsulated within their own lazy-loaded modules.
- Environment-specific variables (e.g., API endpoints) must be managed in the `environments` folder.

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## BUSINESS ANALYSIS UPDATE - 2025-09-25 05:46:26

## Analysis Document Update - 2025-09-25 05:46:30

### Project Overview (To-Do App)
The project aims to develop a simple yet functional to-do application.  Based on the user prompt, this application will allow users to create, manage, and track tasks.  The application should be user-friendly and intuitive, allowing for efficient task management.

### User Requirements
- Add new tasks with descriptions and due dates.
- Mark tasks as complete.
- Edit or delete existing tasks.
- View a list of tasks, potentially filtered by status (e.g., completed, incomplete).
- Possibly include features like task prioritization and reminders (MVP scope to be determined in subsequent phases).

### Functional Requirements
- FR-001: Task Creation: The system shall allow users to add new tasks with a description and optional due date.
- FR-002: Task Completion: The system shall allow users to mark tasks as complete.
- FR-003: Task Editing: The system shall allow users to edit existing tasks (description, due date).
- FR-004: Task Deletion: The system shall allow users to delete tasks.
- FR-005: Task Listing: The system shall display a list of tasks, optionally filtered by completion status.

### Non-Functional Requirements
- NFR-001: Usability: The application should be easy to use and intuitive.
- NFR-002: Performance: The application should respond quickly to user actions.
- NFR-003: Reliability: The application should be reliable and stable.

### User Stories
- As a user, I want to add new tasks to my to-do list so that I can track my work.
- As a user, I want to mark tasks as complete so that I can track my progress.
- As a user, I want to edit existing tasks so that I can correct mistakes or update information.
- As a user, I want to delete tasks from my list so that I can remove completed or irrelevant items.
- As a user, I want to view a list of my tasks so that I can easily see what I need to do.

### Business Rules
- Tasks cannot have empty descriptions.
- Due dates must be valid dates.



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## BUSINESS ANALYSIS UPDATE - 2025-09-25 05:46:34

## Analysis Document Update - 2025-09-25 05:55:00

### Project Overview (To-Do App) - Detailed
The project aims to build a simple to-do application based solely on the user prompt. This application will provide basic task management functionalities such as adding, editing, deleting, and marking tasks as complete.  The focus is on a minimal viable product (MVP) with potential for future expansion.

### User Needs Analysis
Users need a straightforward way to manage their tasks, including creating, updating, and tracking their completion status.  The application should be intuitive and easy to use, minimizing the learning curve for users.

### Functional Requirements Breakdown - Detailed
The functional requirements detailed in the previous section adequately cover the scope of the MVP.  Further analysis might be needed in subsequent iterations to determine the need for advanced features like prioritization or reminders.

### Non-Functional Requirements - Prioritization
Usability, performance, and reliability are crucial non-functional requirements for this application.  Usability is prioritized to ensure a seamless user experience.  Performance is important for responsiveness, and reliability ensures data integrity.

### User Stories - Elaborated
The user stories previously identified represent the core user needs for this MVP.  More detailed acceptance criteria are defined in the requirements document.

### Business Rules - Clarification
The stated business rules about non-empty descriptions and valid due dates are essential for data integrity.  Additional business rules may be identified during the detailed design phase.

### Technology Stack Considerations (Based on Base Project Context)
While the base project utilizes Angular and Clarity, this to-do app could be built using a more lightweight framework for simplicity and faster development, considering the limited scope of the MVP. A decision on the technology stack will be made in the architecture phase.



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## BUSINESS ANALYSIS UPDATE - 2025-09-25 05:52:05

## Analysis Document Update - 2025-09-25T12:00:00

This section updates the analysis based on the user prompt: "to do app".

### Project Overview Update
The project aims to develop a functional to-do application.  The application should allow users to create, edit, delete, and mark tasks as complete.  Further requirements will be defined based on iterative user feedback.

### User Requirements Update
Based on the initial user prompt, the core user requirements are:

* Create new to-do tasks.
* Edit existing to-do tasks.
* Delete to-do tasks.
* Mark to-do tasks as complete.
* View a list of to-do tasks (potentially categorized or filtered).

Future iterations may include additional features such as task prioritization, due dates, reminders, and user authentication.

### Functional Requirements Update
Based on the user requirements, the following functional requirements are identified:

* **FR-001: Task Creation:** The system shall allow users to create new to-do tasks with a description.
* **FR-002: Task Editing:** The system shall allow users to edit the description of existing to-do tasks.
* **FR-003: Task Deletion:** The system shall allow users to delete to-do tasks.
* **FR-004: Task Completion:** The system shall allow users to mark to-do tasks as complete.
* **FR-005: Task Listing:** The system shall display a list of all to-do tasks.

### Non-Functional Requirements Update
* **NFR-001: Usability:** The application shall be intuitive and easy to use.
* **NFR-002: Performance:** The application shall respond quickly to user interactions.
* **NFR-003: Security:**  Security requirements will be determined in later iterations based on the inclusion of features such as user accounts.

### User Stories Update
* **User Story 1:** As a user, I want to be able to add new tasks to my to-do list so that I can keep track of my tasks.
* **User Story 2:** As a user, I want to be able to edit existing tasks so that I can update information as needed.
* **User Story 3:** As a user, I want to be able to delete tasks from my list so that I can remove completed or irrelevant tasks.
* **User Story 4:** As a user, I want to be able to mark a task as complete so that I can easily track my progress.
* **User Story 5:** As a user, I want to see a list of all my tasks so that I can easily manage them.

### Business Rules Update
* Tasks must have a description.
* Completed tasks should be visually distinct from incomplete tasks.

