Unification

Unification

Unification is the step where everything comes together. The AI takes the original PRD, all approved wishes from every department, and all recorded conflict resolutions, and produces a single coherent specification — the unified PRD that stakeholders will review before locking.

What Unification Does

Before unification, your project has multiple sources of truth:

• The original AI-generated PRD.
• Dozens or hundreds of individual wishes from different departments.
• A set of conflict resolutions with chosen trade-offs.

Unification merges all of this into one document, resolving the tension between sources and producing a PRD that:

• Reflects the original intent from uploaded documents.
• Incorporates approved department wishes.
• Respects conflict resolution decisions.
• Is internally consistent with no contradictions.

Choosing a Unification Strategy

When you trigger unification, SpecGraph presents three strategy proposals for you to choose from:

Conservative

Prioritizes stability and minimal deviation from the original PRD. Only the most critical and high-priority wishes are incorporated, and the scope remains tightly controlled. Best for projects with strict deadlines, limited budgets, or where the original PRD was already well-researched.

Balanced

Incorporates most high- and medium-priority wishes while maintaining a realistic scope. Trade-offs are made thoughtfully, and the resulting PRD represents a pragmatic middle ground between the original spec and departmental input. This is the most common choice.

Aggressive

Maximizes the incorporation of department wishes, including many medium- and low-priority items. Results in a broader, more ambitious specification. Best for projects with flexible timelines where comprehensive department buy-in is more important than tight scope control.

After reviewing the summary of each strategy, select the one that best fits your project's goals and constraints.

The Unified PRD

Once you select a strategy and confirm, the AI generates the unified PRD. This replaces the working PRD in your project with the merged, coherent version.

The unified PRD:

• Uses the same section structure as the original PRD.
• Shows updated content that reflects incorporated wishes.
• Annotates sections where significant changes were made.
• Remains editable by the project lead until it is locked.

Review the unified PRD carefully on the PRD page before moving to approvals. Look for:

• Sections that seem inconsistent or incomplete.
• Incorporated wishes that weren't worded the way you expected.
• Any sections where the AI's merge might have lost nuance.

After Unification

Once you're satisfied with the unified PRD, the next step is collecting stakeholder approvals. See Approvals for what happens next.