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Phase the rollout to match enablement capacity
Compare two rows from "Phase the rollout to match enablement capacity", then say when each one fits.
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Phase the rollout to match enablement capacitypace provisioning to onboarding, not to enthusiasm
- Phase
- Pilot
- Who
- 1 representative team
- Goal
- Prove value, build the readout
- Gate to advance
- Success criteria met, security cleared
- Phase
- Beachhead
- Who
- 2–4 teams around the champion
- Goal
- Standardize the playbook, train co-champions
- Gate to advance
- Each team weekly-active above target
- Phase
- Wave rollout
- Who
- Department by department
- Goal
- Scale the repeatable motion
- Gate to advance
- Enablement keeps pace with activation
- Phase
- Org-wide
- Who
- Remaining seats
- Goal
- Reach saturation, hand off to champions
- Gate to advance
- Self-sustaining usage, low support load
| Phase | Who | Goal | Gate to advance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot | 1 representative team | Prove value, build the readout | Success criteria met, security cleared |
| Beachhead | 2–4 teams around the champion | Standardize the playbook, train co-champions | Each team weekly-active above target |
| Wave rollout | Department by department | Scale the repeatable motion | Enablement keeps pace with activation |
| Org-wide | Remaining seats | Reach saturation, hand off to champions | Self-sustaining usage, low support load |
Advance on activation health, not on the calendar. A wave that outruns enablement leaves dead seats behind it.
Each phase has a gate. You don't open the next wave because a month passed; you open it because the current cohort is genuinely active and your enablement bandwidth is free. That discipline is what keeps the health score climbing instead of inflating with dark seats.
This phasing isn't a Cursor-specific invention; it's the rollout pattern Cursor's own field team recommends. Don't roll out to everyone at once: pick a repo, a few tasks and a few engineers; after measurable impact, expand to a couple more teams, share the results up, and only scale org-wide once you see strong ROIReturn on Investment. The value gained versus what it cost, the language an economic buyer funds deals in. Press Enter for the full definition. on specific tasks. And frame staying current as part of the job - it's easy to keep using the predictable toolset you already know, so leveraging new agent capabilities is an ongoing responsibility, not optional.