Five tutorials on spec-driven development: PRDs, architecture, ADRs and traceability. Then nine on BMAD: install, Quick Flow, all four phases, Party Mode, customization and two capstones.
A complete spec package for a link shortener: PRD, ADRs, architecture document, stories and decision trail
A bug fix shipped end to end with BMAD Quick Flow
A planned and architected reading list feature, taken through a Phase 4 sprint cycle
DevPulse, a developer team health dashboard, built with BMAD v6 from brainstorm to Sprint 1
Learn why documenting decisions before code prevents misalignment, reduces rework, and makes AI-assisted development predictable.
Understand the artifact pyramid — from requirements through architecture to stories — and how each layer constrains the next.
Master Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), build traceability maps, and learn the anti-patterns that make specs fail.
Apply SDD end-to-end on a real mini-project: write requirements, make decisions, design architecture, and build a full decision trail.
Survey the 2026 SDD landscape — Spec Kit, OpenSpec, BMAD, Kiro, Spec Workflow MCP, and a raw .tasks/ pattern. Side-by-side matrix, decision tree, and pointers to Course 10 (OpenSpec deep dive) and the rest of this course (BMAD).
Learn the philosophy behind BMAD, install the framework, and understand its four-phase lifecycle and scale-adaptive approach.
Use BMAD's Quick Flow path to go from a rough idea to working code using Barry and the adversarial review loop.
Master Phase 2 with John and Sally — create structured PRDs, define UX flows, and write user stories that guide implementation.
Drive Phase 3 with Winston — design system architecture, write Architecture Decision Records, and decompose epics into implementable stories.
Execute Phase 4 with Bob and Amelia — run sprint planning, implement stories, conduct code review, and track progress through retrospectives.
Explore the full BMAD agent catalog, understand each persona's strengths, and master Party Mode for collaborative multi-agent sessions.
Adapt BMAD for enterprise contexts using BMAD Builder, custom agents, domain modules, and project-context optimization.
Build a complete project from brainstorm through deployed product using every BMAD phase and technique learned in Course 3.
One year of access for $20, or subscribe for $45/month to get this course and every other one.
For the five SDD tutorials, a text editor and a project idea. No special tooling. The BMAD tutorials install the framework with npx bmad-method install and run in your AI coding tool.
Each tutorial lists its own estimate, from 25 to 75 minutes. Across all 14, the listed estimates add up to roughly 8.5 to 11 hours.
No, and the course says so. Quick Flow covers small fixes. The full method needs upfront work on PRDs, architecture and ADRs, which pays off on larger projects. The framework comparison helps you pick.
This course teaches SDD basics and goes deep on BMAD. OpenSpec gets one section in the framework comparison. The OpenSpec course (Course 10) covers its brownfield, delta-based workflow in full.