Scope a GOAL (release / initiative / major objective) into a few coherent owned LANES — the planning front-end of the epic lifecycle. Convert goals into lanes (not scrap tickets); peers self-select lanes; the planner defines goal+lanes but never assigns a peer. Triggers: before decomposing a release/initiative/major-goal into work; when a goal needs scoping into owned streams; when work is being chased as scattered micro-tickets with no owned lanes; when tempted to skip planning OR to assign peers to lanes.