AI Week

Roadmap

AI Week product plan

A visible Now / Next / Later roadmap for the ideas we want to keep in view as AI Week evolves from an event hub into a participation platform.

Feature checklist

T-shirt sizes are deliberately rough: they compare effort and uncertainty, not calendar duration.

Responsive navigation

DoneS

Make the header and sign-in entry feel intentional on narrow screens.

Admin / ops controls

DoneM

Manage event status, date labels, seed workflows, and smoke checks without code edits.

Lean Coffee sub-app

DoneL

Support topic collection, voting, active topic tracking, and lightweight facilitation.

North Star page

DoneS

Shipped: multi-panel carousel (facets, House diagram, strategic context, A-dec Way principles with detail modal, Questions of test), content-driven from north-star.json.

Announcement banner

DoneM

Shipped: home banner from /api/settings; tones (default / standard / urgent); postponed MOTD when the event is postponed; weekly principle fallback; last-updated line; /ops visitor preview; session dismiss except urgent; icons and loading skeleton to limit layout shift.

Exploration kanban

DoneXL

Shipped: cohort and individual boards, Areas of Exploration cards, columns (To explore / Exploring / Explored), outcomes, share scope, reset, and explore pages wired to the kanbans API.

Merit badges

NowL

In progress: award badges for completing collections of meaningful AI Week tasks, tied to visible exploration work.

Recognition refinements

NextM

Badge rules hardening, participant achievement history, and optional cohort milestones after initial merit badge use.

Add to calendar

LaterM

Offer calendar files or links once the event has confirmed dates again.

Now / Next / Later

Now

1 items

The nearest useful improvements: small enough to sharpen the experience before adding bigger participation tools.

  • Merit badgesL

Next

1 items

The next product bets once the shell and ops path feel solid.

  • Recognition refinementsM

Later

1 items

Larger platform capabilities that depend on clearer work tracking and participation patterns.

  • Add to calendarM

Product layers

Strategy and announcements

Give participants a strategic anchor and a timely place for updates.

  • North Star page
  • Announcement banner
  • Company principle fallback

Facilitation tools

Help groups run structured activities with less facilitator overhead.

  • Lean Coffee topics
  • Voting
  • Discussion timer
  • Done / parked topics

Work tracking

Make exploration work visible for cohorts and individuals.

  • Cohort boards
  • Individual boards
  • Area tags
  • Outcome notes

Recognition

Make progress and contribution visible without turning the event into a contest.

  • Badge rules
  • Participant achievements
  • Cohort milestones

Now / Next / Later focus

Forward-looking bets only; shipped work stays in the checklist above.

Now

Merit badges

In progress: define and ship badge earning, display, and first task collections aligned with exploration boards—without turning the week into a contest.

Next

Recognition refinements

After initial badge use: clearer rules, participant achievement history, and optional cohort milestones from the recognition layer.

Later

Add to calendar

Offer calendar files or links when the event has confirmed dates again.