Open Questions

Purpose

Remaining decisions and questions that need answers before or during implementation. Organised by topic area. See 07 - Technical Requirements for decisions already made.

Business & Scope

#	Question	Options / Notes
1	Primary equipment types — which sectors first?	✅ Answered: Audio, Lighting, Rigging, Power distribution for MVP
2	Target company size — small (1-5 people) or larger (20+)?	✅ Answered: Small to medium companies wanting to share resources. Both scales should be possible
3	Pricing model — how will EventKit itself be offered?	✅ Answered: Open core — free self-hosted, paid SaaS with premium features
4	MVP scope — which module to build first?	✅ Answered: Inventory + Scanning → Planning → CRM → Federation
5	Data migration — what systems are companies migrating from?	✅ Answered: Nice-to-have future feature. Import tooling not a priority for MVP

Technical

#	Question	Options / Notes
6	Tech stack — backend language and framework?	✅ Decided: Go with ConnectRPC
7	~~Frontend framework~~	✅ Decided: React with @tanstack/router + @tanstack/query + shadcn/ui. Mobile: React Native / Expo (planned, not priority)
8	~~Database~~	✅ Decided: PostgreSQL 15+
9	~~Search engine~~	✅ Answered: PostgreSQL full-text search first, dedicated engine (Meilisearch) later if needed
10	~~File storage~~	✅ Answered: Both — local filesystem + S3-compatible, configurable per deployment
11	~~Real-time updates~~	✅ Answered: Not from the start. Future nice-to-have via gRPC server-streaming
12	~~Background jobs~~	✅ Answered: External broker (NATS or Redis) — suited for Kubernetes deployment

Federation

#	Question	Options / Notes
13	Discovery — how do companies find each other?	✅ Answered: Manual URL exchange between companies
14	~~Protocol format~~	✅ Decided: gRPC via ConnectRPC with Protobuf service definitions
15	Pricing in federation — should sub-hire rates be shared automatically?	✅ Answered: Prices negotiated per-transaction — out-of-band negotiation, system tracks equipment movement
16	Asset ownership transfer — can an asset be permanently sold to another instance?	✅ Answered: Yes — permanent ownership transfer is supported
17	Federation versioning — how to handle protocol upgrades?	✅ Answered: Protobuf backward compat, document breaking changes, no formal version negotiation
18	Dispute resolution — what happens if companies disagree about asset condition?	✅ Answered: Timestamped condition logs + out-of-band dispute handling

Scanning & Hardware

#	Question	Options / Notes
19	Primary scanning device — phone cameras or dedicated scanners?	✅ Answered: Both — phone camera default, Bluetooth scanner as power-user option
20	Label printer — should EventKit support direct printing?	✅ Answered: PDF default, direct printing optional
21	Existing barcodes — do companies already have asset labels?	✅ Answered: Yes, support legacy barcode import/mapping if possible
22	Offline requirements — how often will users be offline?	✅ Answered: Nice-to-have, not a hard requirement

CRM

#	Question	Options / Notes
23	Invoicing depth — full invoicing or integration with existing accounting?	✅ Answered: Integrated accounting features are the priority. Xero/QuickBooks integration is optional/secondary. Invoices, payments, and purchases all in-app
24	Accounting integrations — which platforms?	✅ Answered: Xero and QuickBooks — optional, not priority. Integrated features come first
25	Email integration — built-in email or link to external?	✅ Answered: Full IMAP/SMTP with sub-addressing for routing emails to projects/clients
26	Marketing features — email campaigns needed?	✅ Answered: Not for now — leave to dedicated tools

Planning

#	Question	Options / Notes
27	Crew management depth — basic assignment or full scheduling?	✅ Answered: Crew members login and confirm availability. Basic scheduling with crew portal
28	Transport planning — basic or advanced?	✅ Answered: Start basic → intermediate (weight/volume) → advanced (route optimisation)
29	Venue database — shared across instances?	✅ Answered: Start local, federate later
30	Calendar integration — which platforms?	✅ Answered: CalDAV + iCal export for MVP. Google Calendar + Outlook/Exchange later

Priority Matrix

All 30 questions have been answered. ✅

00 - System Overview — High-level system overview
01 - Inventory Management — Inventory module design
02 - Planning Module — Planning module design
03 - CRM Module — CRM module design
04 - Federation Architecture — Federation protocol design
05 - Barcode and QR Scanning — Scanning and hardware
06 - Module Integration — Cross-module workflows
07 - Technical Requirements — Technical decisions made and remaining
00-DiscoveryQuestions — Round 1 answers
01-DiscoveryQuestions — Round 2 answers

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