# DenQAI: startup dependency map

File-specific companion · 2026-09-10

## Purpose

Which prerequisite is blocking the next opening task?

**Who:** Startup owner and project manager with workstream reviewers

**Records:** Site control; executed lease/work letter; permits; financing; construction; equipment; inspection and operating-readiness evidence.

## Complete the file

1. Read predecessor_or_required_input for each dependency before setting status.
2. Identify owner_role, target_window, controlling_record, and current_blocker.
3. Verify acceptance_criterion before treating downstream_work_unblocked as ready, then set recheck and break_condition.

## Definitions

- **Predecessor:** Task or required input that must be completed first.
- **Acceptance criterion:** Evidence-based condition for marking the dependency complete.
- **Downstream work:** Subsequent activity that the completed prerequisite permits.

## Fictional example

Fictional example: DEP-02 cannot support the permit-stage commitment until the lease and work letter reflect the reviewed work allocation and timing.

## Review and next action

Close the earliest unresolved prerequisite on the actual opening path.

The raw map records dependencies; it does not calculate a critical path or prove approval from target dates alone.

[Related DenQAI guide](https://denqai.com/startup)

## AI coach prompt

Help me use DenQAI’s startup dependency map. My question is: Which prerequisite is blocking the next opening task? Explain these terms in plain language: Predecessor, Acceptance criterion, Downstream work. Ask one question at a time about the required records: Site control; executed lease/work letter; permits; financing; construction; equipment; inspection and operating-readiness evidence. Walk through the supplied fictional example before asking me for inputs. Treat every missing value as unknown, not zero. Do not invent source records, contract terms, legal conclusions, or clinical facts. Use only permitted fictional or aggregate, non-identifying information. Follow this boundary: The raw map records dependencies; it does not calculate a critical path or prove approval from target dates alone. End with the missing evidence and this next step: Close the earliest unresolved prerequisite on the actual opening path.

## AI review prompt

Review my permitted fictional or aggregate draft of DenQAI’s startup dependency map against the file instructions. Check each required field and period, units, evidence locator, assumptions, arithmetic where formulas are actually supplied, and unresolved contradictions. Check the sequence: Read predecessor_or_required_input for each dependency before setting status. Identify owner_role, target_window, controlling_record, and current_blocker. Verify acceptance_criterion before treating downstream_work_unblocked as ready, then set recheck and break_condition. Separate facts from assumptions and missing records. Do not supply unsupported numbers or make a professional decision for me. Apply this limitation: The raw map records dependencies; it does not calculate a critical path or prove approval from target dates alone. Return corrections, questions for the responsible reviewer, and the next action.