A named milestone switches from default divergent energy to default convergent.

· Bits and Bobs 1/19/26
  • A named milestone switches from default divergent energy to default convergent.
    • In a team it switches from push energy…
      • "All of these things we could do are important for some use case that will matter… but how do we decide which ones?"
    • …to pull energy.
      • "Here is the goal we've decided to target and why. Which of these things help achieve that goal?"
    • A milestone is a schelling point created by a leader to cut through coordination cost.
    • A milestone is an assertion that "this collection of projects add up to more than the sum of their parts."

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