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'Lines of AI code' as your headline metric is a trap
Put this idea into your own words: "Deliberately deferring a use case ('not yet') is a credibility move, not a weakness."
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'Lines of AI code' as your headline metric is a trap. It rewards volume over value, it's trivially gamed and it tells the economic buyer nothing about flow, quality or trust. If an exec asks for it, redirect to cycle time and escaped defects.
"I'm going to deliberately defer one use case (autonomous CI agents) until phase two. Not because it won't work, but because earning it on the back of a clean phase-one record is how it survives your change board. Saying 'not yet' is how I keep your trust."
Deliberately deferring a use case ('not yet') is a credibility move, not a weakness. A rep who scopes out the riskiest item to protect the pilot's record signals discipline. Cite Box as proof enablement works: 85%+ daily usage, 30–50% throughput gains, 80–90% less migration effort, +75% usage in 6 weeks via mentorship.