Ideation to Spec
From rough idea to buildable spec
Part of The Summit, a track in Alpine Academy for builders and technical staff.
Program pricing starts from $299 per participant.
Classes are run for teams. Book a call, or send this to your manager.
About this class
A build goes wrong when the plan is vague.Use AI as a thinking partner to turn a rough idea into a clear specification.Challenge your assumptions, pull out the requirements and write a build plan an AI coding tool can follow.
What you'll learn
- 01Use AI to brainstorm and stress-test ideas
- 02Extract clear requirements from vague concepts
- 03Create specifications AI tools can follow
- 04Structure handoffs between thinking and building
Choose your role
Example: what a Finance learner does in class
- Turn "a better budget tracker" into a spec that names the users, the inputs, the outputs and three checks it must run.
- Have the model argue against your forecasting tool idea, and keep only the objections that hold up.
Choose your role above to see examples for your own work.
What you'll build
- Ideation session templates
- Spec document framework
- Build plan for your project
Prerequisites
Time commitment
1 session · 60 minutes
Available self-paced, in person or live online.
Who teaches it
Live classes are taught by Andrew Phillips or a qualified Alpine coach. Andrew is the founder of Alpine Systems, with twenty years building revenue systems, and builds with AI every day.
You leave The Summit with
- A spec and build plan for your projectThis class
- A working SDK integration
- A deployed application
Need sign-off?
Send your manager a short note about this class. It covers the time, what you will build and the price.
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