How I’ve run major projects

It’s not just enough for me personally to be running a fast OODA loop—in a large group, everyone needs to be autonomously making frequent, high-quality, local prioritization decisions, without needing a round-trip through me. To get there, they need to be ambiently aware of:

1. what else is going on around them, so they can coordinate and update on new

You should schedule at least one 30-minute weekly meeting with everyone working on the project.

The goal of this meeting is to (1) be a backstop for any coordination that needs to happen and didn’t happen asynchronously; (2) be an efficient way to create common knowledge of goals, updates, etc.; (3) help you track whether things are going well.

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A specific tool that I’ve found critical for staying oriented and updating quickly is a detailed plan for victory , i.e., a list of steps, as concrete as possible, that end with the goal being achieved.