📐 Planning & Execution
Turn a decision into a plan and a plan into a routine that runs without you holding everything together—the 06 (Planning) and 07 (Execution) families. From objective to executable plan, from plan to daily operations.
By the end of the track, you’ll design architectures, map dependencies, prioritize by impact×risk, and establish review cycles.
The track climbs in steps; the review feeds lessons into the next cycle.
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📐 Planning and architecture
The 10 commands in family 06 — from an executable objective to systematic verification.
Turns an objective into an executable structure: phases, deliverables, and completion criteria for each stage.
An objective without a blueprint is a wish; with a blueprint, it’s a contract with verifiable steps.
phase · deliverable · acceptance criteria.
Puts phases in chronological order and sets verifiable milestones — dates with objective completion criteria.
A milestone without criteria is a birthday; a milestone with criteria is a decision point.
verifiable milestone · sequence · time window.
Reveals what needs to exist before what—including external dependencies outside your control.
Ignoring the critical path turns a small delay into a total delay.
critical path · prerequisite · external blocker.
Estimate the actual inputs: people, data, tools, and money for each phase.
A plan without execution costs is a marketing plan.
estimate by phase · buffer · resource constraint.
Define components, responsibilities, and contracts between them—before coding or hiring.
A poorly defined interface compounds costs throughout the project.
component · responsibility · contract between parts.
Model the process as states and transitions—each item knows where it is and where it’s going.
A process without states leads to items being "in progress" for three months.
state · transition · transition condition.
Turns a recurring process into a written standard procedure—executable by someone who has never done it before.
An SOP is what separates a business that scales from one that depends on its owner.
atomic step · owner for each step · exception handled.
Generate checklists for known failure points and optimize task order.
Aviation has used checklists for decades because human memory fails precisely in routine situations.
failure point · binary item · optimal order.
🚀 Execution and operations
The 10 commands in family 07 — from turning the plan into actions to reviewing against criteria.
Turns the plan into a sequence of concrete actions, with an order and expected result for each step.
It’s the bridge between the planning track and the physical world where things happen.
actionable step · explicit order · verifiable output.
Among everything that could be done, point to ONE next action—the highest-value one right now.
Decision paralysis from too many options is the most common bottleneck for people working alone.
one-time action · rationale for choice · current state.
Breaks deliverables into finishable tasks and assigns a single owner to each one.
A task with two owners has no owner; a task with no defined end never gets finished.
finishable task · single owner · definition of done.
Produces estimates with ranges and assumptions — "2–3 days, if X happens" instead of "Tuesday".
An overly precise number hides real uncertainty and undermines trust when it’s wrong.
range · stated assumption · margin.
Sorts the queue by expected impact and risk—not by who shouts the loudest.
Implicit priority always goes to the latest urgency received.
impact × risk · ordered queue · deliberate cutoff.
Identify what can run simultaneously and what should become a stable automation.
Automating an unstable process automates chaos—stabilize first, then automate.
parallelizable vs. serial · automation candidate · maintenance cost.
Define what to observe, how often, and what threshold triggers an alert or action.
A metric without a threshold is dashboard decoration; the threshold defines when to respond.
indicator · threshold · check cadence.
Compare the deliverable with the original criteria and make corrections—not just offer opinions.
Review against criteria closes the loop opened earlier by /blueprint.
acceptance criteria · gap · traceable correction.