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
A planning horizon is…
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In real work
After two model releases reshuffled the roadmap in one quarter, the team cut its planning horizon to one month of committed work.
In the illustration
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.
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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