How project progress is derived from which folders have content
Project progress in HIIE isn't a manual checklist — it's read directly from your real artifacts. A project's life is modeled as five phases, and each phase is marked done based on which backbone folders actually have content.
The five phases
The phases, in order, are Idea, Intention, Project, Invention, and Product. Completion is derived, never hardcoded, so the progress you see always reflects genuine work in the project.
What completes each phase
- Idea — done once the project exists (you've named it and written a summary).
- Intention — done when the Documents folder holds at least one file (a brief or context describing what you're building and why).
- Project — done when the Flows folder has content (you've built at least one automated flow).
- Invention — done when the Design folder has content (you've generated a 3D design or schematic).
- Product — done when the Outputs folder has content (you've packaged deliverables into a bundle).
How it's calculated
Progress checks whether each of those folders contains a file. The current phase is the first one not yet done, and the overall percentage is simply the share of phases completed. Because the signal is the presence of real files, the bar can't get out of sync with the project — adding a brief, running a flow, generating a design, or building a bundle each moves it forward automatically.
Why this matters
This design means progress is honest: it tracks what you've actually produced, not what you've clicked. Fill in the relevant folders and the project advances on its own.