The 12 Week Year
Table of Contents
Compress yearly goals into twelve-week arcs you can feel - and map wiki projects to them.
Key Concept
- Twelve-week arcs compress goals into quarters you actually feel on the calendar.
- Map wiki projects to the arc with weekly numbers - vague annual resolutions die in February.
- Periodic Knowledge Review rhythm fits naturally at week twelve.
Level 1 - Recognize
The 12 Week Year splits big goals into twelve-week chunks with a real deadline you can feel on the calendar - not vague annual resolutions.
Level 2 - Explain
Quarters you can feel beat annual resolutions that die in February - compressed horizons put weekly numbers against an arc you can miss.
Level 3 - Use
Map one wiki project to a twelve-week arc with weekly checkpoints - vague annual goals become a date you can miss.
Level 4 - Connect
Drift shows up before the year is gone when weekly numbers run against the arc. Tradeoff against Slow Productivity when quarterly intensity skips depth. Periodic Knowledge Review fits at week twelve.
Level 5 - Create
Ship the arc at week twelve, then start the next - treat the year as four felt deadlines, not one vague resolution.
Examples
- Glad the twelve-week sprint on one fitness goal beat a vague annual resolution - week ten finally bit.
- The team treated the quarter like a season - one scoreboard, weekly film, no fake annual plan.
Note Relationships
| Relationship | Wikilink | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| contradicts | Slow Productivity | when quarterly intensity beats fewer deeper projects |
| extends | Periodic Knowledge Review | Twelve-week arcs compress goals into review quarters you actually feel |
| extends | Quarterly Planning | Sprint scoreboard rhythm this method compresses |
