Origin Conversation

ProjectProposal-SetupOverview.txt is the raw conversational draft that PPS was distilled from — kept here for historical provenance rather than as a specification. The formal, current specification lives on the Overview page; PPS.md and references/PPS.md are trimmed copies of the same draft (see Legacy Draft Copy).

The conversation opens by identifying the gap PPS was designed to fill:

Right now DRS helps answer: "How do I release this?" CTS would answer: "How do I release this CLI tool?" SFDS would answer: "How do I create a standard?" But none of them answer: "Should I build this at all?" "What is this project trying to accomplish?" "How do I know when the project is finished?"

That's where a Project Proposal Standard comes in.

It also sketches the standard's place in the lifecycle:

Project Proposal Standard (PPS)
        |
Project Development
        |
DRS / CTS
        |
Release

And the intended ecosystem of projects and standards that would use it:

PPS
  |
  +- FileCabinet
  +- Aegis
  +- Structra
  +- RepoPulse
  +- Command Wizard
  +- NeonInk

SFDS
  |
  +- DRS
  +- CTS
  +- AAMHS
  +- SESM
  +- Future Standards

Everything else in the draft — the problem/mission/boundaries template walkthrough, the FileCabinet worked example, the exit-criteria list — was carried forward into the formal specification on the Overview page and is not repeated here.