Feature Planning
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
The work of deciding what a feature should do, for whom, with what scope, dependencies, and success criteria. In good product culture, feature planning connects user need, technical feasibility, and support reality before implementation begins.
In plain English: Planning the scope and details of a feature before building it.
Example: "The team improved feature planning by pulling in ops and support earlier, which surfaced edge cases product and design had not even considered."