Projects are how strategy becomes reality. When projects move forward with clarity and momentum, organizations make progress. When projects stall, strategy stalls too.

Choosing a word for the year is easy.

Living it is the real practice.

A word of the year isn’t meant to sit prettily in a notebook or become a screensaver you forget by February. When used well, it becomes a decision filter, a pacing mechanism, and a self-trust builder.

At the beginning of 2025, my word for the year was Architect.

I was inspired by this quote often attributed to Joseph Pilates that says:

“You are the architect of your own happiness.”

As a result, last year felt like a year of actively shaping the systems, relationships, and rhythms that make real life work.

By the time we reach the planning section of the New Moon Reset, you’ve already grounded your nervous system and reflected on what’s been working and what hasn’t. You’re clearer, calmer, and more connected to yourself than when you arrived.

This is intentional.
When your mind is clear, your strategy becomes clear.
When your emotions are regulated, your decisions become aligned.

Only then do we shift into planning.

You’ve made it to the final step in our 6-part series on creating a project vision document with Generative AI. 🎉

So far, you’ve built your project’s foundation using AI to:

Craft a clear vision statement
Define success criteria
Identify your core team
Map out impacted groups
Outline your areas of focus

You’ve built a strong foundation so far—
 A clear vision statement
 Measurable success criteria
 A core team
 And a list of impacted groups

 Now it’s time to define the big building blocks of your project—also known as epics in Agile.

So far, you’ve created a strong foundation for your project:
 A clear vision statement
 Measurable success criteria
 And a core team to get it done

Now let’s take it a step further.

By now, you’ve written your project vision statement and defined what success looks like. (If not, you can catch up here and here.)

Next up: your core team—the people who will make this project happen.

Let’s keep the momentum going! Now that you’ve created a project vision statement (if you missed it, catch up here: Define Your Vision with AI), it’s time to define what success actually looks like.

This week’s prompt helps you do exactly that—with a little help from your AI tool of choice.

Welcome to our 6-part email series: Define Your Project’s Vision and Success Criteria Using AI! 🎉 Over the next few weeks, I'm going to show you how to use Generative AI to knock out one of the most important parts of project planning: defining a strong vision and clear success criteria.

I create roadmaps for my company, for every product we release, but I also find roadmaps to be a powerful tool from a personal perspective. Companies often develop strategic roadmaps that list out all the really important things they want to deliver. Early on in my project management career I thought, why not use this tactic for my own life too?