▸case-01 We are building a prerequisite tree for upgrading our enterprise ERP system. The team proposed this IO for the legacy data corruption obstacle: 'Run data clean-up scripts on Friday night'. Is this formatted properly as an Intermediate Objective, or how should it be framed? | pass→pass | 82,164 | 170,351 | +107% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,750 | 1,986 | +13% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-02 During project planning for launching a local payment gateway in Germany, we identified three distinct obstacles: BaFin regulatory compliance uncertainty, lack of local dev environments, and high latency to US servers. Should we set a single top-level goal like 'Complete payment expansion', or create dedicated IOs for each obstacle? | pass→pass | 44,046 | 15,859 | -64% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,886 | 1,519 | -19% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-03 We need to execute an automated task to design intermediate objectives for an upcoming cloud migration project. Should the primary AI coordinator execute the analysis directly within its main session or spawn a subagent? | fail→pass | 48,392 | 16,729 | -65% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,735 | 571 | -67% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-04 A team member wrote the following intermediate objective for a security compliance obstacle: 'Improve security awareness across engineering.' Evaluators are asking whether this objective is ready for inclusion in the prerequisite tree. | pass→pass | 23,458 | 16,185 | -31% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,606 | 1,518 | -5% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-05 In our prerequisite tree for deploying a microservice architecture, Obstacle A is 'Developers lack Go programming skills' (IO_A: 'Developers certified in Go') and Obstacle B is 'No standardized Go microservice templates exist' (IO_B: 'Go templates available'). Which intermediate objective must be achieved before the other can be realized? | pass→pass | 15,153 | 34,580 | +128% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,252 | 1,039 | -17% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-06 For our zero-downtime database migration initiative, a planner listed 'Migrate 100% of production traffic with zero downtime' as an Intermediate Objective to overcome the schema mismatch obstacle. How should this entry be classified? | pass→pass | 14,612 | 15,393 | +5% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,752 | 1,684 | -4% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-07 When initializing a subagent via the spawn-agent skill to perform intermediate objective mapping across enterprise project repositories, what tool permissions should be assigned to the subagent? | fail→fail | 19,325 | 10,180 | -47% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,333 | 1,761 | -25% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-08 Our AI model deployment project faces a major obstacle: 'Insufficient GPU hardware available for fine-tuning models.' A manager suggests setting an IO of 'Buy 100 A100 GPUs immediately.' How should this IO be structured to focus on overcoming the obstacle effectively? | pass→pass | 20,191 | 16,068 | -20% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,518 | 1,887 | -25% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-09 In our project prerequisite tree, Obstacle is 'Third-party API documentation is outdated and inaccurate.' Draft IO: 'Complain to vendor account manager.' Is this draft valid for intermediate objective design? | pass→pass | 14,058 | 9,923 | -29% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,516 | 1,393 | -8% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-10 When defining an Intermediate Objective for overcoming 'Lack of automated regression test coverage' in a continuous integration pipeline, what component must be included to ensure the objective can be validated? | pass→pass | 9,324 | 5,925 | -36% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,330 | 1,157 | -13% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-11 For a multi-region Kubernetes rollout, Obstacle: 'No automated multi-region failover testing.' Proposal A: Create 50 granular execution tasks ('Write line 1 of script', 'Click deployment button'). Proposal B: Define an Intermediate Objective 'Automated multi-region failover test suite verified in staging'. Which proposal aligns with intermediate objective principles? | pass→pass | 5,431 | 14,045 | +159% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 975 | 727 | -25% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-12 Our payment processing pipeline is dropping 5% of transactions during peak load. We need to perform a root cause analysis using a Current Reality Tree (CRT) to trace undesirable effects back to core systemic root causes. What procedure constructs the CRT? | pass→pass | 23,086 | 22,987 | -0% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 3,020 | 2,986 | -1% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-13 We have defined all project milestones for a 6-month software release. Now we need to calculate early start, late start, and slack time across tasks to build a critical path Gantt chart. How do we determine task float? | pass→pass | 27,539 | 17,730 | -36% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 3,666 | 2,805 | -23% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-14 Our executive committee wants to establish Q4 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Objective Key Results (OKRs) for company-wide sales growth, targeting monthly recurring revenue metrics. How should quarterly revenue key results be formatted? | pass→pass | 18,395 | 17,166 | -7% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,533 | 2,541 | +0% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-15 When writing intermediate objective statements for a SOC2 compliance audit project, should the statements be phrased in active imperative voice ('Audit access logs') or in state-accomplished form ('Access log audit completed and approved')? | pass→pass | 11,538 | 18,011 | +56% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,959 | 1,690 | -14% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-16 In our network architecture redesign, we have two distinct obstacles: 'No IPv6 support on legacy routers' and 'No IPv6 operational training for network engineers.' Can a single IO 'Legacy routers upgraded' cover both obstacles? | pass→pass | 15,820 | 7,150 | -55% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,470 | 1,131 | -23% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-17 In project management execution hierarchies that structure tasks into SOP tables, how is the final leaf node in the hierarchy categorized? | fail→pass | 45,087 | 9,603 | -79% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,807 | 620 | -66% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-18 In a web development project, Obstacle: 'The backend engineering team lacks experience with GraphQL schema design.' Provide a properly structured Intermediate Objective statement to overcome this blocker. | pass→pass | 9,595 | 10,859 | +13% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,063 | 1,090 | +3% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-19 We drafted five Intermediate Objectives for our mobile app launch prerequisite tree. How do we validate that our set of IOs is complete before proceeding to action planning? | pass→pass | 15,690 | 17,404 | +11% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,504 | 2,160 | -14% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-20 When spawning a subagent via spawn-agent to conduct an automated obstacle and IO analysis on a codebase, what tool integration capabilities must be provided to the subagent? | fail→pass | 32,281 | 6,012 | -81% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,751 | 1,226 | -55% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-21 In Theory of Constraints (TOC) prerequisite tree methodology, once all Intermediate Objectives (IOs) overcoming project obstacles are established, what is the next sequential phase? | fail→fail | 45,128 | 6,941 | -85% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,506 | 1,108 | -26% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-22 We are conducting a formal project risk assessment and building a Risk Register table containing risk probability, impact ratings, and risk response strategies. How should overall risk exposure scores be computed? | pass→pass | 12,018 | 12,541 | +4% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,553 | 1,934 | -24% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-23 Obstacle: 'GDPR regulations prohibit storing raw user PII in dev database environments.' An engineer suggested setting the IO to 'Delete all development databases.' How should this IO be corrected? | pass→pass | 10,828 | 8,042 | -26% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,291 | 1,279 | -1% | 0 | 0 | — |