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RE Workflow Management System - Executive Summary
Project Status & Timeline
Date: October 23, 2025
Project: RE Workflow Management System (Non-Templatized)
Target Launch: End of December 2025
✅ What's Complete (10%)
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Frontend UI Extraction: 80% complete from Figma
- All pages visually complete
- Mobile responsive (320px - 1920px)
- But: No functionality, just visual components with dummy data
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Work Notes Feature: Partial functionality
- UI complete
- Emoji selection working
- Document selection working
- Needs: Backend API integration
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Backend Repository: 70% setup
- Folder structure created
- Dependencies installed
- Needs: Database setup, API development
❌ What's NOT Complete (90%)
- Database: 0% (not created yet)
- Redux Store: 0% (not created)
- API Service Layer: 0% (not configured)
- Form Validations: 0%
- API Integration: 0%
- Business Logic: 0% (TAT calculations, workflows)
- Authentication: 0% (SSO not integrated)
- All Backend APIs: 0%
🔐 Authentication Approach
SSO Login (RE SSO Bridge)
- No login/signup screens needed (SSO handles authentication)
- Users authenticate with company credentials
- Auto-sync from Active Directory
- Frontend work: Minimal (1.5 days)
- Backend work: SSO integration (2 days)
Figma Note: No login/signup screens in Figma (not needed for SSO)
📅 Revised Timeline (10 Weeks)
| Week | Focus | Backend | Frontend | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Setup | 70% done | 80% UI done | In progress |
| 2 | Foundation | Database + ORM | Redux + API layer | THIS WEEK |
| 3 | SSO | SSO integration | SSO callback | Auth working |
| 4-5 | Workflow | Workflow APIs | Wizard integration | Can create workflows |
| 6-7 | Approvals | Approval APIs + TAT | Request pages + modals | Can approve/reject |
| 8 | Collaboration | Documents + Work notes | Connect APIs | Collaboration working |
| 9 | Analytics | Dashboard + AI | Charts + polish | All features done |
| 10 | Launch | Testing + deployment | Testing + deployment | Production! 🚀 |
🎯 Core Features
1. Workflow Creation (Weeks 4-5)
- 6-step wizard to create workflow requests
- Dynamic approval hierarchy (up to 10 levels)
- @mention user search for approvers/spectators
- Document upload (drag-drop, max 10MB)
- TAT calculation (working days vs calendar days)
2. Approval Actions (Weeks 6-7)
- Approve/reject with mandatory comments
- Multi-level approval flow
- TAT tracking with color-coded progress bars
- Automated reminders (80% TAT used)
- Breach alerts (100% TAT exceeded)
3. Collaboration (Week 8)
- Work notes (chat with @mentions)
- Emoji reactions
- Document preview and download
- Real-time notifications
4. Dashboard & Analytics (Week 9)
- Statistics and charts
- AI-powered conclusions (using OpenAI/Gemini)
- Search and filters
⚠️ Reality Check
Common Misconception:
"Frontend is 80% done because UI is extracted from Figma"
Reality:
- UI extraction = 20% of total frontend work
- 80% UI done = 16% of frontend complete
- Still need: Redux (20%), API integration (30%), validations (20%), testing (10%)
Impact:
- Initial estimate: 6-8 weeks
- Realistic estimate: 10 weeks
- Reason: UI is just visual shell, needs 84% more work for functionality
🚨 Risks & Dependencies
High Risk:
- SSO Integration: Awaiting final confirmation and SSO details
- TAT Calculation: Complex logic for working days
- Multi-level Approvals: Complex state machine
- Backend-Frontend Sync: Frontend blocked without APIs
Mitigation:
- SSO: Can build temporary standard login if delayed (3-4 days)
- TAT: Write comprehensive unit tests
- Approvals: Thorough testing of all scenarios
- Sync: Daily standups, clear API documentation
💰 Resource Requirements
Team:
- 2-3 Backend Developers (Node.js + TypeScript + PostgreSQL)
- 2-3 Frontend Developers (React + TypeScript + Redux)
- 1 QA Engineer (Week 9-10)
- 1 DevOps Engineer (Week 10)
Infrastructure:
- PostgreSQL 16 database
- GCP Cloud Storage (for documents)
- GCP Cloud Run or VM (for hosting)
- OpenAI API (for AI conclusions)
🎯 Success Criteria
Week 2: ✅ Foundation complete (database, Redux, API layer)
Week 3: ✅ SSO authentication working
Week 5: ✅ Users can create workflows
Week 7: ✅ Users can approve/reject
Week 9: ✅ All features functional
Week 10: ✅ Production deployment
📊 Budget & Timeline
Estimated Timeline: 10 weeks (50 working days)
Target Launch: End of December 2025
Current Progress: 10% (Week 2 of 10)
Confidence Level: Medium (realistic with current team)
Key Assumption: SSO integration details provided by Week 3
📞 Next Steps
This Week (Week 2):
- Backend: Complete database schema setup
- Frontend: Setup Redux store and API layer
- Both: Ready for feature development by week end
Immediate Requirements:
- SSO Bridge documentation and credentials
- Active Directory access for user sync
- GCP project setup for storage
- OpenAI API key for conclusions
Prepared By: .NET Expert Team
Status: Realistic assessment with corrected estimates
Focus: Core workflow features (creation, approvals, collaboration)