Frameworks · DELIVER

90-Day
Cadence™

What gets measured gets shipped. Milestones at 30, 60, and 90 days — with named owners, proof gates, and board-ready reporting.

The Problem This Solves

Annual planning cycles kill AI momentum.

Without a defined delivery rhythm with accountability gates, funded initiatives lose momentum, owners get distracted, and the organisation reverts to old patterns. Three-year roadmaps gather dust. Quarterly reviews arrive too late.

Cisco found 95% of AI Pacesetters have a defined process to track AI impact. Among everyone else, 32%. The 90-Day Cadence exists because what gets measured gets shipped.

How It Works

Four delivery milestones

Week 1

Launch

Funded initiatives kick off with named owners, guardrails, success criteria.

Week 4–5

30-Day Check

Owners active? Guardrails holding? Blockers to escalate?

Week 8–9

60-Day Review

First workflow approaching production? Kill criteria check.

Week 12–13

90-Day Shipping Gate

At least one workflow live. Board-ready report. Scale, iterate, or sunset.

Three non-negotiables at every review

  • Audit trail of what was done and decided.
  • Rollback plan for any deployment.
  • Named owner presents personally — no delegation.

Where This Fits

DELIVER phase — all program tiers

The 90-Day Cadence is locked during the COMMIT chapter of the workshop (Day 2 afternoon). Every tier of the Decision Discipline Program defines the cadence — the difference is how it's executed.

Core

Framework defined, milestones set, owners named. Client runs it independently.

+ 30-Day Steering

Framework plus fortnightly check-ins for the first 30 days. External accountability for the critical first month.

+ 90-Day Steering

Framework plus active execution via Baby Steps™. MethodWorks runs the cadence. Ships the first workflow.

Replace roadmaps with delivery

90 days. One workflow live. Board-ready proof it works.