In what format I should share a semi complete business & technical innovative idea in enterprise Question
Does this fit a Yellow paper or a Whitepaper or other kind of document?
Context:
What is my document about ?
I am developing an idea, out of a business need. It is not an algorithm or a 100% technical specification to solve the problem, it can accept a wide range of solutions. To put you in context, it is about:
&quot;Evolving ETLs with future business specifications&quot;. For this, I wrote a document presenting many ideas, a study of the existing techniques and technologies. Along the lines, and in the first section of the document, I exposed the problem and how I see the new solution. Therefore technically it is not 100% specified, because I have not 100% the knowledge and experience nor I have the time to develop more (this is why I want to throw the document).
Why do I write this document ?
As you know all, in a professional environment (without necessarily a research subdivision), other developers are not just there to discuss ideas. Even seeking knowledge (at least in my space) is not easy. Simply asking for a review from other say experimented developers in the same field of study also can be out of scope, they are already working on on-running products and not necessarily looking for innovation (let's say it, without $$ or reputations).
The core purpose of the document is to:

Save my work, even when not 100% specified.
Share knowledge and in a way seek indirectly help and get the attention of more experimented peers hiding somewhere.
Prove some motivation.
Very probably, it can be a base for new products around the idea.
Push others to thinking (like some ppt presentation I saw in IT late meetings, some presentation with a lot of question marks &quot;??&quot;)

Is this what we call a Yellow paper ?
To share new enterprise ideas, you should follow the procedure defined by your enterprise. I suspect a white paper would be suitable, since a yellow paper may reveal too many technical details that your enterprise might want to patent.