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strategize

Analyzes systems holistically to provide strategic recommendations balancing cost, quality, performance, and complexity.

Synopsis

/strategize

/rp1-base/strategize

Description

The strategize command performs comprehensive strategic analysis of your system, identifying optimization opportunities and providing quantified recommendations. It evaluates trade-offs across multiple dimensions and prioritizes by impact and effort.

The command analyzes:

  • Architecture: Patterns, technical debt, scalability
  • Code Quality: Maintainability, complexity, test coverage
  • Performance: Bottlenecks, resource usage, optimization opportunities
  • Costs: Infrastructure, development, maintenance overhead
  • Business Alignment: Feature velocity, risk areas, competitive positioning

Parameters

Parameter Default Description
RP1_ROOT .rp1/ Root directory for KB context

Output

The command produces a detailed strategy report covering:

Section Contents
Executive Summary Key findings and top recommendations
Current State Analysis Architecture, quality, and performance assessment
Optimization Opportunities Identified improvements with ROI estimates
Trade-off Analysis Options compared across cost/quality/complexity
Prioritized Roadmap Recommendations ordered by impact and effort
Risk Assessment Potential issues and mitigation strategies

Examples

Run Strategic Analysis

/strategize

/rp1-base/strategize

Example output: 

✅ Strategic Analysis Complete

Executive Summary:
- 3 high-impact opportunities identified
- Estimated ROI: 40% reduction in build time
- Risk level: Low to Medium

Top Recommendations:
1. [HIGH] Add caching layer to API endpoints
   - Effort: 2 weeks
   - Impact: 60% latency reduction

2. [MEDIUM] Refactor authentication module
   - Effort: 1 week
   - Impact: Improved maintainability

3. [LOW] Update dependency versions
   - Effort: 2 days
   - Impact: Security improvements

Full report: .rp1/work/strategy-report.md

Analysis Dimensions

The command evaluates your system across these dimensions:

Dimension Metrics
Cost Infrastructure, development time, maintenance
Quality Code health, test coverage, documentation
Performance Response times, throughput, resource usage
Complexity Coupling, cognitive load, onboarding time
Business Feature velocity, time-to-market, risk exposure

Requirements

Prerequisite

The knowledge base must exist before running this command. Run knowledge-build first.

See Also