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Cycles Status Page

Looks done — ready to closeThe objective was the design ladder, and M5 Current Matrix was promoted; /cycles then went another way through c111 and c124, so the production slice won't happen as written.· medium confidence

To close: Finish the Outcome: M5 stays a reference mock, /cycles followed c111 and c124 · Move to HISTORY.md

last activity Sep 3

Why we did this

The cycles page was a good archive, but it couldn't say at a glance what design was working on, what was stuck, and what needed a decision.

What happened

Four directions, rough then real, and one promoted design: a grid of every cycle by stage and need. The real cycles page never adopted it.

Early → finalOne grid places every cycle by what it needs, like work, a decision or a ruling, against how far along it is.

Documents

With file names, on their own page →
At a glance
4
changes
0
conversations
2
decisions
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outside helpers
Who helped
MPMark ParsonQpoint team

What changed

The two changes that matter most, in plain words. Open any one to see it.

  1. 1

    One grid places every cycle by what it needs, like work, a decision or a ruling, against how far along it is.

    Where the work sits, in one grid · came from Mark Parsonopen →

  2. 2

    Four directions were drawn, rough first and then with real components: a workboard, a standup feed, a matrix and a rulings desk.

    Four ways to answer "what's happening?"open →

Also in this cycle
  • When the matrix was refined, the first version was kept beside the new one so they can be compared. In words
  • Putting the grid at the top of the real cycles page was the next step, and it never happened. In words

How we got here

Each change, traced back to the conversation it came from. A solid mark means the record names the source; a dashed one was matched by the draft and waits for review.

Someone said

From the record: no recorded conversation behind this one.

We decided

c84-D1 The matrix is the strongest direction; refine it. — Mark Parson

c84-D2 Iterations keep the older experiments: the refinement is a new page beside the original. — Mark Parson

So now

One grid places every cycle by what it needs, like work, a decision or a ruling, against how far along it is.

Someone said

From the record: no recorded conversation behind this one.

We decided

No ruling needed: the work itself is the change.

So now

Four directions were drawn, rough first and then with real components: a workboard, a standup feed, a matrix and a rulings desk.

Thanks to

People outside Qpoint first. Every thank-you points at something they said or made.

MP
Mark Parson
Qpoint team

Picked the matrix, and kept the old versions

Chose the matrix as the strongest of the four directions, and asked that refinements sit beside earlier experiments rather than replace them.

All images

Every picture from this cycle. Click any one to step through them all.

The pairs

Where the work sits, in one gridEarly → final
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Four ways to answer "what's happening?"New in this cycle

Everything captured · 9

The full record 2 decisions · 3 key-change entries · 526 words · 9 captures

The record stays as written, for agents and for audit: Key Changes, every decision, the artifacts and the visual record.

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