# Title: Project Name – Strategic Goal or Initiative

## TL;DR
1 sentence summary: what we're building and why it matters.

## Overview
Brief description of the strategic goal or large initiative (2-3 sentences)

## Business Value
Why are we doing this? What problem does it solve? Who benefits?

## Success Criteria
How will we know this epic is successful? Define measurable outcomes.
- [ ] Performance or usage metric
- [ ] UX or qualitative outcome

## Scope
### In Scope
What's included in this epic

### Out of Scope
What's explicitly NOT included - prevents scope creep -

## Timeline & Milestones
**Start Date**: YYYY-MM-DD
**Target Date**: YYYY-MM-DD
**Status**: [On Track / Needs Attention / At Risk]

### Key Milestones
- [ ] Milestone 1 - Target: YYYY-MM-DD
- [ ] Milestone 2 - Target: YYYY-MM-DD

## Dependencies & Blockers
- Blocked by: #epic-link
- Blocking: #epic-link

```glql
display: table
query: project = "gitlab-org/gitlab"
fields: title, state, milestone, assignee
title: Epic Dependency Tracking
```

## Deliverables
All deliverables should be listed directly under this section. Use milestones and labels (e.g. ~"Phase 1", ~"Phase 2") to group work and track progress clearly across the epic.

```glql
display: table
query: project = "gitlab-org/gitlab"
fields: title, state, milestone, assignee
title: Child Issue Tracking
```

## Decision Log
Track key decisions to avoid rehashing discussions
| Date | Decision | Rationale | Owner |
|------|----------|-----------|-------|
|      |          |           |       |

## Resources
- Design: [link]
- Documentation: [link]

/label ~"section::sec" ~"group::security insights" ~"devops::security risk management" ~"estimation::needed"
