# RE Workflow Management System - Task Timeline
## SSO-Based Authentication | Realistic Progress Tracking

**Version:** 2.0  
**Date:** October 23, 2025  
**Authentication:** SSO via RE SSO Bridge (No login/signup screens)  
**Current Status:** Frontend UI 80% extracted, Backend 70% setup

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## 🎯 Current Project Status

### Overall Progress: 10%
- **Backend:** 10% (repo 70% setup, database 0%, APIs 0%)
- **Frontend:** 16% (UI 80% extracted, but no functionality)

### Reality Check:
✅ **What We Have:**
- Frontend UI components from Figma (80% extracted, mobile responsive)
- Work notes UI + partial functionality (emoji, document selection working)
- Dependencies installed
- Repository structure in progress

❌ **What We DON'T Have:**
- No Redux store created
- No API service layer
- No form validations
- No API integration
- No business logic
- No authentication working
- No database setup

**Translation:** Having UI ≠ Having features. We have the "look" but not the "functionality."

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## 🔐 SSO Authentication (No Login Screens)

### How SSO Works:
1. User visits app → App redirects to RE SSO Bridge
2. User logs in with RE credentials (handled by SSO)
3. SSO redirects back to app with token
4. App validates token, syncs user from Active Directory
5. User lands on dashboard (logged in)

### What We Build:
**Frontend (1.5 days):**
- SSO callback handler page
- Protected route guards
- Logout button

**Backend (2 days):**
- SSO OAuth2 integration
- User sync from Active Directory
- JWT session management

**No Need For:**
- ❌ Login page
- ❌ Signup page
- ❌ Password reset pages
- ❌ Email verification

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## 📅 Week-by-Week Timeline (10 Weeks)

### **Week 1 (Completed):** Sprint 0 Setup
- ✅ Frontend UI extraction 80% (Figma)
- 🔄 Backend repo setup 70%
- ❌ Database: Not started
- ❌ Redux: Not created
- ❌ API layer: Not configured

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### **Week 2 (CURRENT):** Complete Foundation

**Backend (3 days):**
- 🔥 Database schema setup (1 day) ← CRITICAL
- Express + middleware configuration (0.5 days)
- Sequelize ORM + models (1.5 days)

**Frontend (4 days):**
- Complete UI extraction 20% remaining (1 day)
- 🔥 Setup Redux store + 8 slices (2 days) ← CRITICAL
- 🔥 Configure Axios API layer (1 day) ← CRITICAL

**Target:** Foundation ready for feature development

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### **Week 3:** SSO Authentication

**Backend (2 days):**
- SSO Bridge OAuth2 integration
- User sync from Active Directory
- JWT token generation
- Auth APIs

**Frontend (1.5 days):**
- SSO callback page
- Protected routes
- Logout button
- User profile display

**Target:** Users can login via SSO

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### **Week 4:** Workflow Creation Wizard (Part 1)

**Backend (4 days):**
- Workflow CRUD APIs
- Approval levels APIs
- User search API
- TAT calculation logic

**Frontend (4 days):**
- Template selection (connect to Redux)
- Basic information form (validation)
- Approval workflow builder (complex!)
  - Dynamic levels
  - User @mention search
  - Real-time TAT calculation

**Target:** First 3 wizard steps functional

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### **Week 5:** Workflow Creation Wizard (Part 2)

**Backend (3 days):**
- Participant management APIs
- Document upload APIs (GCP storage)
- Workflow submission logic

**Frontend (4 days):**
- Participants step (spectator @mention)
- Documents step (drag-drop upload)
- Review & submit step
- Multi-step API integration

**Target:** Complete workflow creation working

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### **Week 6:** Request Management

**Backend (4 days):**
- Workflow listing APIs (filters, search, pagination)
- Approval/rejection APIs
- TAT tracking service
- Activity logging

**Frontend (4 days):**
- My Requests page (tabs, search, filter)
- Open/Closed Requests pages
- Request detail page (Overview tab)
- TAT progress bar component

**Target:** Users can view all their requests

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### **Week 7:** Approval Actions

**Backend (3 days):**
- Approve/reject workflow logic
- TAT monitoring cron job (every 30 min)
- Notification system (8 types)

**Frontend (4 days):**
- Workflow tab (approval timeline)
- Documents tab (preview, download)
- Activity tab (timeline)
- Approve/Reject modals

**Target:** Users can approve/reject requests

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### **Week 8:** Collaboration Features

**Backend (4 days):**
- Work notes APIs (@mentions)
- Document preview/download
- Activity timeline APIs

**Frontend (2 days):**
- Connect work notes to backend
- Connect document APIs
- Notification bell with polling

**Target:** Work notes and documents working

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### **Week 9:** Dashboard & Analytics

**Backend (3 days):**
- Dashboard statistics APIs
- AI conclusion generation
- Workflow closure API

**Frontend (4 days):**
- Dashboard with charts
- Search & filter components
- Conclusion display & edit
- Closure functionality

**Target:** Dashboard and AI conclusions working

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### **Week 10:** Testing & Deployment

**Backend (4 days):**
- Unit tests (Jest)
- Integration tests
- API documentation (Swagger)
- Deployment setup

**Frontend (4 days):**
- Component tests (Vitest)
- Integration tests
- Performance optimization
- Production build & deployment

**Target:** Production launch! 🚀

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## 📊 Task Summary

### Backend: 25 Tasks
- Sprint 0: 4 tasks (3 days)
- Sprint 1: 2 tasks (2 days) - SSO
- Sprint 2: 4 tasks (8 days) - Workflow creation
- Sprint 3: 3 tasks (6 days) - Approvals & TAT
- Sprint 4: 3 tasks (5 days) - Documents & Work notes
- Sprint 5: 3 tasks (4 days) - Dashboard & AI
- Sprint 6: 6 tasks (8 days) - Testing & deployment

**Total: ~8 weeks (42 days)**

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### Frontend: 30 Tasks (Reduced - No login screens!)
- Sprint 0: 5 tasks (4 days) - Foundation
- Sprint 1: 3 tasks (2.5 days) - SSO callback
- Sprint 2: 8 tasks (9 days) - Workflow wizard
- Sprint 3: 9 tasks (10 days) - Request management
- Sprint 4: 4 tasks (5 days) - Collaboration
- Sprint 5: 4 tasks (4 days) - Dashboard
- Sprint 6: 4 tasks (5 days) - Testing

**Total: ~8 weeks (40 days)**

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## 🎯 This Week's Priorities (Week 2)

### Backend Must Complete:
1. 🔥 **Database schema** - Blocks everything (1 day)
2. Express.js configuration (0.5 days)
3. Sequelize ORM + all models (1.5 days)

### Frontend Must Complete:
1. Complete UI extraction 20% (1 day)
2. 🔥 **Setup Redux store + 8 slices** - Cannot skip (2 days)
3. 🔥 **Configure Axios API layer** - Cannot skip (1 day)

**End of Week 2:** Both teams ready for feature development

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## 📋 Core Features Focus

### 1. Workflow Creation (Week 4-5) - CORE FEATURE
- 6-step wizard
- Approval hierarchy builder (dynamic levels, @mention, TAT)
- Document upload
- Submit workflow

### 2. Approval Actions (Week 6-7) - CORE FEATURE
- Approve/reject with comments
- TAT tracking (working days vs calendar days)
- Notifications
- Activity timeline

### 3. Collaboration (Week 8) - CORE FEATURE
- Work notes (chat with @mentions, emojis)
- Document management
- Real-time notifications

### 4. Analytics (Week 9) - SECONDARY
- Dashboard with charts
- AI-powered conclusions
- Search & filters

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## 📖 Documentation References




## ⚠️ Key Insights

1. **SSO = No login screens** (saves 3-4 days frontend work)
2. **80% UI ≠ 80% done** (actually 16% of total work)
3. **Integration is 80% of work** (Redux, API, validation, logic)
5. **Focus on core features** (workflow creation, approvals, work notes)

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## 🚀 Success Metrics

**Week 2:** ✅ Foundation complete (database + Redux)  
**Week 3:** ✅ SSO authentication working  
**Week 5:** ✅ Can create workflows  
**Week 7:** ✅ Can approve/reject  
**Week 9:** ✅ All features functional  
**Week 10:** ✅ Production deployment  

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**Prepared By:** .NET Expert Team  
**Target Launch:** End of December 2025  
**Current Progress:** 10% Complete  
**Focus:** Core workflow features (creation, approvals, collaboration)

