Engineering dates commitment by Friday - reprioritize for revenue impact
Situation
Committed to publishing updated engineering dates/milestones by Friday for Monday group review. Acknowledged January deliverables are unrealistic - many items were newly added and cannot complete in remaining ~10 days. Will reprioritize toward revenue-impacting items first. Tomorrow all-day session with Chris Baek to rework H1 plan into aggressive but achievable targets.
Reasoning
Avoiding a demoralizing miss - starting H1 with January misses damages credibility and morale. Better to reset expectations now than explain failures later. Revenue-first prioritization forces hard tradeoff conversations upstream rather than engineering absorbing impossible scope. Friday deadline with Monday review creates accountability. Reframing items as newly added rather than misses protects the team and shifts narrative appropriately. Aligns with estimation philosophy - dates should move early when learning occurs.
Additional Context
January has approximately 10 days remaining. Tomorrow session with Chris Baek is all-day to finalize the plan. Lindsay needs dates to build GTM motions Thu/Fri next week. Nathan involved in planning discussions. Also discussed creating Fuzzball modernization Phase 1 value driver to capture efficiency work.
People Involved
Source
reflection
AI Confidence
85%
Related Context
fathom
Engineering to validate and publish concrete dates/milestones by Friday → group to review Monday; January scope will slip; prioritize revenue-impacting items first
fathom
The H1 plans January deliverables are unrealistic. Peter and Chris will rework it tomorrow to create an aggressive but achievable plan
Outcome
Closed without detailed outcome
Decision ID: 2db692ed-52b1-4902-a22e-c0e82bde6006