# 08. Implementation Plan and Launch Readiness

## Purpose

Turn the approved planning docs into a build sequence and a launch checklist.

## Scope

- Development order.
- Milestone grouping.
- Testing plan.
- Review and approval gates.
- Launch readiness criteria.

## Proposed Implementation Plan

### Phase 1: Foundation

- Project setup
- Repository structure
- Environment configuration
- Database schema and migrations
- Core layout/system components

### Phase 2: Public Experience

- Homepage
- Listing page
- Property detail page
- Contact page
- Content page rendering

### Phase 3: Booking Core

- Availability search
- Booking form
- Price calculation
- Booking persistence
- Booking state transitions

### Phase 4: Payments and Notifications

- Stripe Checkout
- Webhooks
- Confirmation emails
- Failure handling

### Phase 5: Admin Console

- Property management
- Pricing and availability management
- Booking management
- Content management
- Site settings

### Phase 6: Quality and Launch

- SEO validation
- Accessibility review
- Performance review
- Regression testing
- Launch readiness check

## Testing Plan

- Unit tests for pricing, availability, and booking state logic.
- Integration tests for checkout and webhook handling.
- End-to-end tests for browse, book, pay, and confirm flows.
- Admin workflow tests for core management actions.

## Launch Readiness Criteria

- Core customer booking flow works end to end.
- Stripe payment and webhook confirmation are reliable.
- Admin can manage live content, bookings, and availability.
- Public pages meet the agreed SEO, accessibility, and responsiveness baseline.
- No unresolved critical questions remain from the planning docs.

## What Needs to Be Done

- Convert the approved planning docs into build phases.
- Set dependencies between phases.
- Define what must be tested before each stage is approved.
- Define what evidence is needed before launch.
- Define the handoff point for implementation work.
- Define what evidence each phase must produce before the next one starts.

## Acceptance Criteria

- The project has a clear build order.
- The implementation phases are small enough to review one at a time.
- Testing and launch criteria are explicit.
- The next action after approval is obvious.
- The planning set is complete enough to begin implementation in controlled stages.

## Dependencies

- All prior planning docs approved.

## Notes

- This is the last planning doc before actual build work begins.