Six Checks Show Whether the Completion Loop Works

The organizational health checklist

Companion to The Code Takes Care of Itself · Updated 2026-09-29

Check each statement that is true today.

  • Every stage of the Completion Loop has a named owner who does not rotate.
  • You measure Governance Latency instead of assuming it.
  • At least one executive outside engineering explains Integration Debt in their own words.
  • Last quarter’s Observe-and-Learn findings changed what you generated this quarter.
  • No committee has spent more than one planning cycle finalizing the same decision.
  • Sales, product, and engineering share one definition of “done.”