The RAPID process
This is the master definition of the RAPID lifecycle — the spine every playbook, standard and gate hangs off. It makes the deck's model operational: what each phase is for, when you may enter it, what it produces, and how it hands off to the next.
Gates
A gate is a checklist executed in minutes, not a committee. Gates are how RAPID keeps speed safe: they sit at each phase transition and confirm the work is ready to move on, with as much of the check automated in CI as possible so humans review exceptions, not basics.