POWR/docs/project/documentation/review_process.md

Documentation Review Process

Last Updated: 2025-03-26
Status: Active
Related To: Documentation Standards, Quality Assurance

Purpose

This document guides a thorough review of the POWR app documentation against the current codebase, with special focus on ensuring alignment with our MVP plan. This review process ensures our documentation accurately reflects implementation details, architectural decisions, and development priorities.

Review Process

1. Documentation Inventory Assessment

First, review all existing documentation to establish a baseline:

• Identify all documentation files across the repository
• Categorize by type (architecture, feature specs, API definitions, implementation guides)
• Note document creation/modification dates
• List key documentation gaps (undocumented components, features, or interfaces)

2. MVP Alignment Review

With MVP and Targeted Rebuild as your primary reference:

• Verify all MVP features are clearly documented with implementation plans
• Confirm that targeted rebuilds are thoroughly specified with rationale and approach
• Assess whether each component marked for rebuild has adequate technical documentation
• Identify any contradictions between the MVP plan and other documentation
• Validate phasing and prioritization details match across all documents

3. Code-Documentation Accuracy Assessment

For each key component identified in the MVP plan:

• Compare component documentation against actual implementation
• Review interface definitions for accuracy
• Verify architectural diagrams match actual code organization
• Check that documented dependencies reflect actual imports
• Confirm data flow descriptions match the implemented patterns
• Validate hook usage patterns match documentation

4. Social Feature Documentation Deep-Dive

Since social features need significant attention in our MVP:

• Analyze NDK implementation against NDK Comprehensive Guide
• Verify relay management documentation matches implementation
• Validate subscription handling patterns against best practices
• Confirm authentication flows match documentation
• Check caching strategy implementation against documentation
• Assess error handling and offline support implementations

5. Component-Level Documentation Check

For each major component:

• Compare props/interfaces in code vs. documentation
• Verify state management patterns match documentation
• Confirm component lifecycle handling follows documented patterns
• Assess whether component relationships are accurately documented
• Check that component rendering optimizations are documented

6. Hook and Service Documentation Validation

For all custom hooks and services:

• Verify parameter and return type documentation
• Confirm usage examples are accurate and up-to-date
• Check that documented side effects match implementation
• Validate error handling patterns match documentation
• Ensure dependencies are correctly documented

7. Documentation Update Plan

Based on the review, create a prioritized update plan:

• List documentation that requires immediate updates (high priority)
• Identify documentation needing moderate updates (medium priority)
• Note documentation requiring minor corrections (low priority)
• Suggest new documentation needed to support the MVP implementation
• Recommend documentation that can be deprecated or archived

Review Questions

For each document, answer these key questions:

1. Accuracy: Does this document accurately reflect the current codebase implementation?
2. Completeness: Does it cover all necessary aspects of the feature/component?
3. Consistency: Is it consistent with the MVP and Targeted Rebuild plan and other documents?
4. Clarity: Is the information presented clearly for developers to understand?
5. Actionability: Does it provide clear guidance for implementation work?
6. Relevance: Is this documentation still relevant to our MVP goals?
7. Technical Detail: Does it provide sufficient technical details for implementation?
8. Examples: Are code examples current and functional?
9. Edge Cases: Does it address important edge cases and error scenarios?

Output Format

For each reviewed document, provide:

## [Document Name](path/to/document)

### Summary
Brief overview of the document's purpose and current state

### Accuracy Assessment
Detailed findings on documentation vs. code accuracy

### Alignment with MVP Plan
How well this aligns with MVP and Targeted Rebuild plan

### Key Issues
List of specific inaccuracies, gaps or outdated information

### Update Recommendations
Prioritized list of suggested updates

### Required New Sections
Any new content needed to support the MVP implementation

### Code References
Links to relevant code that validates or contradicts documentation

Final Deliverables

1. Comprehensive documentation review report
2. Prioritized documentation update plan
3. List of new documentation needed
4. Specific recommendations for MVP and Targeted Rebuild plan enhancements
5. Updated architectural diagrams (if needed)
6. Component relationship maps for key MVP features

Related Documentation

• Documentation Organization Plan - Overall documentation organization strategy
• Documentation Migration Implementation - Implementation details for documentation migration
• MVP and Targeted Rebuild - Project roadmap and MVP plan
• Documentation Standards - Detailed documentation standards