The Refinement Swarm takes user stories that passed Ideation and prepares them for Sprint commitment. Where the Ideation Swarm asks "Should we build this?" using HTSM quality criteria, the Refinement Swarm asks "How should we test this?" using SFDIPOT product factors, BDD scenarios, and INVEST validation.
| Framework | HTSM v6.3 (10 categories) | SFDIPOT (7 factors, 37 subcategories) | | Agents | 9 (3 core + 6 conditional) | 10 (3 core + 6 conditional + 1 transformation) | | Core Output | Quality Criteria HTML report | BDD Gherkin scenarios | | Decision | GO / CONDITIONAL / NO-GO | READY / CONDITIONAL / NOT-READY |
| Flags | HASUI, HASSECURITY, HASUX, HASMIDDLEWARE, HASSAPINTEGRATION, HASAUTHORIZATION | HASAPI, HASREFACTORING, HASDEPENDENCIES, HASSECURITY, HASMIDDLEWARE, HASSAPINTEGRATION, HASAUTHORIZATION | | Phase | PI Planning / Sprint Planning | Sprint Refinement | | Final Step | Report generation | Test idea rewriter transformation |