Separate local preparation from deployment prerequisites

docs/roadmap/features/0016-deploy-dnd-pipeline-to-pipeline-dnd.md

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 # Feature 0016: Deploy the D&D Pipeline to `pipeline-dnd`
 
-Status: blocked
+Status: ready
 
 ## Summary
 
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 ## Operational Prerequisites
 
-Before implementation, establish the concrete deployment context and record
-the non-secret choices in the implementation plan or deployment runbook:
+Local repository preparation and syntax/dependency checks can proceed with the
+workspace's existing Ansible virtual environment. Before live deployment,
+establish the controller, target access, and Vault details below. Select the
+session/audio before the end-to-end exercise, not before local implementation.
+Record non-secret choices in the implementation plan or deployment runbook:
 
 - Identify the operational Ansible controller and its deployment checkout.
   The repository configuration currently selects `/etc/ansible/inventory`,