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Planned lessonARC-007-L05

Demo: drafting Larkspur's principles with the CIO

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run a drafting session and produce principles that change decisions. Prepares ARC-007-LAB1.

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Step by step

  1. Collect strategy inputs: growth plan, cost targets, existing standards, risk appetite.
  2. Brainstorm candidate principles and cut to eight to ten.
  3. Write statement, rationale, implications for each; test with "who would disagree?".
  4. Apply each to a real decision, such as choosing SaaS commerce or keeping ERP as master for finance.
  5. Planned mistake: the draft includes "use best practices" and "be cloud native". Fix: replace with testable statements, add implications, and remove any principle that cannot change a decision.
  6. Resolve one conflict (standardization versus speed) on record and get CIO sign-off.

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Why apply each principle to a real decision?

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To prove it changes something and to reveal missing implications.

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