troupe-standup/wizard-work/quill/project-kickoff-memo.md

PROJECT KICKOFF MEMO

To: Core Team From: Quill Subject: Aurora Pipeline — Kickoff Draft

1. Objective

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Deliver a production-ready data pipeline for Aurora with <5 min latency and 99.9% uptime by 2026-12-31.

2. Scope

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In: ingestion, transformation, validation, monitoring. Out: model training, front-end dashboards.

3. Milestones

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• 2026-11-07: Schema lock
• 2026-11-21: Alpha deploy
• 2026-12-05: Beta with real traffic
• 2026-12-31: GA

4. Risks & Mitigations

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• Schema drift: lock early, versioned migrations.
• Latency creep: p99 alerts at 3 min threshold.

5. Open Questions

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• Kafka or Kinesis for ingestion?
• Who owns on-call rotation?

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Status: Draft v0.1 — awaiting review.