Dev Starts complete project.

The Dev analyzes, designs, and works on Frontend, Backend, Database...

Covers all roles: Frontend, Backend, DB, DevOps, QA

Unit and integration testing. Direct deploy.

PM calls Kick-off Meeting.

Lead, Sr. Dev 1, Sr. Dev 2, UI/UX participate.

PM gathers requirements. Some ambiguity.

UI/UX starts mockups. "Need more clarity here!"

UI/UX presents v1 mockup. Review meeting.

PM: "Ok, but the client wanted X..." Revision #1

UI/UX updates mockup. Revision #2 (minor)

Lead and PM plan Sprint 1.

Task Creation: PROJ-101 PROJ-102 PROJ-103 ... Optimistic estimates!

Lead assigns tasks:

Sr. Dev 1 ➡️ Auth Module feature/auth

Sr. Dev 2 ➡️ Core API feature/core-api

Mid Dev ➡️ Base UI feature/ui-base

Mid Dev: "Blocked! Core API not ready."

Sr. Dev 2: "Working on API, but spec X unclear." "Asking PM!"

Email and Slack message exchange... 🐌

PM clarifies spec to Sr. Dev 2 (after 2 hours).

Sr. Dev 1 completes Auth. git merge develop Conflicts!

Conflict resolution... Lead intervenes.

QA starts testing on Staging.

BUG-001 BUG-002 BUG-003 (Critical!) 15 bugs found.

Urgent Meeting: PM, Lead, Devs. Panic for BUG-003.

Bug Fixing and Re-Test cycle. QA busy.

PM: "The client asks for a new small feature... it's urgent!" Scope Creep!

Lead: "This will impact the timeline!"

Sr. Dev 1: "To fix BUG-003 quickly, I introduced technical debt..."

TECH-DEBT-01 created for the future.

Daily Stand-up Meeting (every day).

Sprint Review & Retrospective. Documentation not always updated.

Last week: "War Room" to close remaining bugs and the new feature.

Production Deployment with some hiccups and nightly hotfix.