# Project Memory & Progress Tracking

## Document Purpose
This file tracks the current state, progress, and future plans for the project. It serves as the "memory" of what has been done, what's in progress, and what's planned.

## Current Status
- **Last Updated**: [Date]
- **Current Phase**: [Phase name]
- **Current Milestone**: [Milestone name]
- **Overall Progress**: [Percentage or description]

## Quick Summary
[Describe your project's current focus, e.g., "Building a web application with React frontend and Python backend"]
- ✅ [Completed items]
- 🚧 [In progress items]
- 📋 [Planned items]

## Active Work

### Overview
[Describe what you're currently working on and the approach you're taking]

### Current Approach
[Detail your implementation strategy, architecture decisions, etc.]

## Project Timeline

### Milestone 1: [Name] ([Status] - [X]% Complete)
**Goal**: [Description of what this milestone achieves]

#### ✅ Completed
- [List completed items with brief descriptions]
- [Include dates if helpful]

#### 🚧 In Progress
- [List items currently being worked on]
- [Include who's working on what if team project]

#### 📋 TODO
- ⬜ [List planned items]
- ⬜ [Include priority indicators if needed]

### Milestone 2: [Name] (Upcoming)
**Goal**: [Description]

#### Planned
- [List planned features or tasks]
- [Include estimated timeline]

### Milestone 3: [Name] (Future)
**Goal**: [Description]

#### Planned
- [High-level planning items]
- [Long-term goals]

## Component Status

### Core Components
1. ✅ [Component name] - [Brief description of status]
2. 🚧 [Component name] - [What's in progress]
3. ⬜ [Component name] - [What's planned]

### Supporting Components
1. ✅ [Component name] - [Status]
2. ⬜ [Component name] - [Status]

### Infrastructure
1. ✅ [Component name] - [Status]
2. 🚧 [Component name] - [Status]

## Key Implementation Files

### Core Implementation
- `/src/[component]/` - [Description of what's in this directory]
- `/tests/` - [Description of test organization]
- `/docs/` - [Description of documentation]

### Configuration
- `/config/` - [Configuration files]
- `/.env.example` - [Environment variables]

### Reference Implementation
- `/examples/` - [Example code or reference implementations]

## Success Metrics

### Technical Goals
- [Your technical metrics, e.g., "100% test coverage"]
- [Performance targets]
- [Code quality metrics]

### Business Goals
- [Your business metrics]
- [User satisfaction metrics]
- [Growth targets]

### User Experience
- [UX metrics]
- [Accessibility goals]
- [Performance goals]

## Risk Mitigation

### Technical Risks
- **[Risk Name]**: [Description and mitigation strategy]
- **[Risk Name]**: [Description and mitigation strategy]

### Operational Risks
- **[Risk Name]**: [Description and mitigation strategy]
- **[Risk Name]**: [Description and mitigation strategy]

### Business Risks
- **[Risk Name]**: [Description and mitigation strategy]
- **[Risk Name]**: [Description and mitigation strategy]

## Lessons Learned
- [Key insights from the project so far]
- [What's working well]
- [What could be improved]
- [Technical discoveries]

## Next Actions

### Immediate (This Week)
1. [High priority task]
2. [High priority task]
3. [High priority task]

### Short Term (Next 2-4 Weeks)
1. [Medium priority task]
2. [Medium priority task]
3. [Medium priority task]

### Long Term (Next Quarter)
1. [Long-term goal]
2. [Long-term goal]
3. [Long-term goal]

## Notes & References
- [Any additional notes]
- [Links to important documents]
- [External references]

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*This document serves as the living memory of current progress. Update it regularly as you complete tasks and learn new insights.*