1 min lesson
The system as it runs, not as it's written down
Name the key items in "The system as it runs, not as it's written down", then explain why each one matters.
Step 1 of 2
Before you can sell Cursor into an enterprise, you have to draw their delivery system from memory. The real one, not the one in the wiki.
The org chart and the Confluence page describe an aspiration. The actual SDLC is a living machine made of queues, handoffs, fear and a return loop nobody documents. Day 1 is about reconstructing that machine.
Every enterprise hands you a tidy story. "We're agile, two-week sprints, we ship to prod twice a week." That's a methodology talking and it tells you nothing about how a change actually moves from someone's head into a customer's hands:
- Where it waits.
- Who signs off.
- What evidence gets generated.
- What happens when it breaks at 2am.
The gap between the stated process and the operational reality is where low-risk, high-trust Cursor wins live.