Implementation Studio Project Status

This page tracks what currently exists in the repository and where the main improvement opportunities are.

Current Inventory

Area	Status
Labs	9 labs with READMEs, scripts, manifests, Terraform where applicable, and validation notes
Terraform modules	11 tracked modules across AWS and GCP
Kubernetes pattern bundles	6 tracked bundles for Argo, ingress, RBAC, network policy, quotas, and air-gap packaging
Documentation	Getting started, multi-cloud, project standards, lab specs, operations, and ADRs
Reference app	6 Argo Workflows examples
Field guides	Multi-workstream coordination, account strategy, product feedback, impact tracking
CI	Markdown lint, Terraform validation, and Kubernetes manifest validation workflows

Ready To Use

• Lab 01: Standard Deployment
• Lab 02: Air-Gapped Deployment
• Lab 03: Private Network Deployment
• Lab 04: Firewall-Restricted Deployment
• Lab 05: POC Sprint
• Lab 06: Multi-Tenant Deployment
• Lab 07: Integration Patterns
• Lab 08: Handoff and Runbooks
• Lab 09: Troubleshooting Scenarios
• Modules catalog
• Reference application
• Documentation index

Validation Model

Check	Local command	CI workflow
Markdown	markdownlint-cli2 "**/*.md" "#node_modules"	.github/workflows/markdown-lint.yml
Terraform	tools/validate-terraform.sh	.github/workflows/validate-terraform.yml
Module completeness	tools/validate-modules.sh	Covered by Terraform workflow plus local script
Kubernetes manifests	tools/validate-local.sh	.github/workflows/validate-manifests.yml
Shell syntax	find . -name '*.sh' ... bash -n	Not currently a dedicated CI workflow

Known Gaps

• Several cloud labs are structurally complete but still depend on real cloud-account validation for IAM, quota, regional, and provider-specific behavior.
• Local developer setup is not fully captured in a single bootstrap command; contributors need to install Terraform, kubectl, markdownlint, tflint, kubeval, and cloud CLIs separately.
• Shell script linting is not yet represented in CI.
• Empty local directories that are not tracked by git should either become real modules/patterns or be removed from local worktrees to avoid confusion.
• Field-guide coverage is intentionally small right now; the repo has account strategy, multi-workstream, feedback, and impact guides, but not a full SE playbook.

Suggested Next Improvements

1. Add a docs link-check workflow so broken relative links fail in CI.
2. Add shellcheck or an equivalent shell lint workflow for scripts under tools/ and labs/**/scripts/.
3. Add a one-command bootstrap script or Makefile for common validation tasks.
4. Expand module examples with minimal complete root-module examples for each provider family.
5. Add cloud validation evidence to each lab's VALIDATION-STATUS.md as labs are exercised in real GCP/AWS accounts.

Maintenance Standard

New content should update the nearest README, include validation expectations, avoid linking to planned-but-absent files, and state whether it is locally validated, cloud validated, or conceptual.