| name | Kill Review |
| description | Test a venture against its own kill criteria, and stop it if they are met. |
| category | Venture |
Kill Review
Every venture feels alive from the inside, because there is always one more
experiment. This is the pass that asks whether the criteria the studio agreed
in advance have been met.
When to use
- A quarter turns.
- A validation failed.
- A venture has been "nearly there" for two reviews running.
Steps
- Read
kill_criteria as written, before looking at anything else.
Reading them after the current numbers is how they get reinterpreted.
- Check them literally. If they are met, the venture stops. That is the
whole function of having agreed them.
- Check capacity honestly. What the venture is consuming, and what the
other ventures would do with it. This is the real question and it is rarely
asked directly.
- Look for the extension pattern. "One more experiment" twice in a row is
itself the finding.
- If it continues, restate what would end it and by when. A venture
continuing without a refreshed criterion has quietly lost the criterion.
- If it stops, close the row with the reason, and register anything reusable
on
shared-assets. A killed venture usually leaves something worth keeping.
Output
A recommendation to continue with restated criteria, or to stop with the
criterion that was met — plus any shared assets salvaged. The capital decision
is the operator's; the honest read is the studio's.
