EDGE Method Builder: Plan Your Sprint

Work through four guided phases — Expose, Design, Go Live, Evaluate — to build a 16-week implementation sprint calendar for your beachhead workflow.

EDGE Method Planner Sprint Calendar Export

The Method

The EDGE Method is the operational core of The AI-Native Playbook. Four phases. Sixteen weeks. One workflow at a time. The scaling trajectory: 1st workflow takes 16 weeks, the 2nd takes 10–12, the 5th takes 4–6, and by the 10th you're down to 2–4 weeks.

Expose

Wk 1–2

Design

Wk 3–4

Go Live

Wk 5–12

Evaluate

Wk 13–16

EDGE Method Planner

Phase 1: Expose

Map the real workflow. Score the friction. Identify what you're working with.

Beachhead workflow

Number of handoffs in this workflow

Regulatory / compliance requirements?

Current estimated data readiness (1–5)

1 — Not ready35 — Fully ready

Phase 2: Design

Decompose into agent tasks, assign roles, set targets.

Distinct tasks in this workflow

3820

How many can be automated by agents?

1520

Executive sponsor

Implementation team size

3 (minimum)58 (recommended max)

Loop Compression target

Phase 3: Go Live

Run agents in parallel. Track metrics. Know when to pull the plug.

Parallel run duration

Metrics to track (select all that apply)

Kill signals defined (select all that apply)

Phase 4: Evaluate

Three outcomes: Cut over, Iterate (hard limit: two cycles), or Retreat.

Success criteria for cutover

Retreat plan acknowledged

A retreat that produces clear lessons is more valuable than a cutover that succeeds by luck.

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Key Insight

If you do nothing else from this book, run the EDGE Method once. One workflow. Sixteen weeks. Measure everything. The first cycle will be harder than this chapter makes it sound — but the second one won't.

The AI-Native Playbook, Chapter 6

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