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#06
Commit Like You Mean It
GATE 60 · SPRINT COMMITMENT
September 2026 · 7 min
Scrum deleted the word "commitment" from sprint scope in 2011. Most teams still plan like it never happened.
#05
Ready Is a Conversation
GATE 50 · WORK BREAKDOWN COMPLETE
September 2026 · 9 min
"Ready" isn't a checklist. It's a conversation that happened.
#04
Decisions, Documented
GATE 40 · ARCHITECTURE COMPLETE
August 2026 · 7 min
"Why is it built this way?" — "Nobody knows. The person who decided left."
#03
Usability Is a Risk, Not a Polish
GATE 30 · DESIGN COMPLETE
August 2026 · 6 min
Five users find 85% of your usability problems. Most teams ship to five thousand before testing with five.
#02
One Outcome at the Root
GATE 20 · DISCOVERY COMPLETE
July 2026 · 6 min
One question kills half the initiatives I see: what number moves if this works?
#01
Clear Business Outcomes
GATE 10 · INTAKE ACCEPTED
July 2026 · 5 min
AI didn't make my team faster. It made us faster at shipping the wrong thing — until we fixed Gate 10.