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📝 Blog Post — Post-Launch Reality
Hook: Every migration plan that depends on a single knowledge holder is a plan that fails the first time that person takes a week off.
Angle: Migration and stabilization plans routinely assume team continuity that does not exist. When a key person goes on PTO, dozens of queued work items stall, and the recovery costs more than the original work. The fix is not heroics or guilt about taking time off. The fix is distributing knowledge before the absence, which requires treating knowledge distribution as scheduled work, not a nice-to-have.
Source material: Baseline: 'Migrations that fall significantly behind during a single owner's absence' pattern. Current rolling view: submission readiness under pressure, scope management under deadline. Cross-cutting: knowledge management as bottleneck. Personal notes: KPI framework emphasis on team development, 1:1s, development plans for team members.
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