Operationalize quickstart production line

Problem

Quickstart and example dashboard production happens ad-hoc — there is no regular cadence, no defined review gates before publication, and no tracking of what has been published versus what is in progress. This means the template catalog grows unpredictably, quality varies by who happened to review (or skip review), and there is no visibility into production throughput. For public launch, the team needs a steady stream of high-quality templates, which requires an operationalized production line rather than sporadic individual efforts.

Context

• Quickstart production is not yet a managed pipeline with predictable cadence, gates, and status tracking.
• Public launch depends on throughput and consistency, not just isolated good examples.
• This workstream already owns review workflows, bootstrap flows, and production standards that should connect here.

Possible Solutions

• A - Continue creating dashboards opportunistically and track progress in chat or personal notes: simple, but unscalable.
• B - Build a large workflow system before agreeing on the actual operating cadence: richer, but premature.
• C - Recommended: define a simple weekly production line with intake, authoring, review, publish tracking, and clear owners at each stage.

Plan

1. Map the current production path from idea to published quickstart and identify bottlenecks.
2. Define the minimum operational stages, owners, and review gates for launch.
3. Create a visible tracking surface for in-progress, blocked, reviewed, and published work.
4. Run the cadence for a pilot period and refine it from observed throughput issues.

Implementation Progress

• Confirm scope and acceptance with milestone owner.

• Milestone readiness signal is updated.

• Track blockers and mitigation owner.

Review Feedback

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