Mind · Strategy
PurposeLinkReview
Guard against activities that continue after their link to their purpose has weakened
Definition
Mechanism
For each ongoing activity, the Goal it serves and the latest evidence that it still serves it are recorded and reviewed on a schedule. An activity whose link to its goal cannot be shown is reconnected, redirected or stopped.
Invariants
- Each ongoing activity names the goal it serves.
- Each review records current evidence that the activity still serves that goal, or marks the link as broken.
Risks
Failure modes
Purpose drift
the activity continues after its goal has moved or been met.
Proxy attachment
the activity is kept for its own measures, not for the goal.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Infrastructure
Specification of desired end state
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.