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What is Planning Horizon?

How far ahead a plan commits in detail. Fast-moving AI products suit a short one, such as a month of committed work under three-to-six-month assumptions, since one model release can reset what is worth building.

1 section laid · 4 staked · stakes can move

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A planning horizon is…

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After two model releases reshuffled the roadmap in one quarter, the team cut its planning horizon to one month of committed work.

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The machine bolts rails down one section ahead of the cart. Past that, only survey stakes mark the route, and one stake moves when the ground ahead shifts.

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Set a planning horizon in your model for the agent team: what we commit to this month, what we assume for the next three to six months, and the date we revisit each assumption.

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