Microspeak: North Star – The Old New Thing (2015)

Re:Microspeak: North Star – The Old New Thing (2015) by whoamii on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @06:15PM (#46370622)

Does anyone have a better term? “Guiding vision” or “target state” don’t really convey the same intuition.

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Re:Microspeak: North Star – The Old New Thing (2015) by parliament32 on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @06:58PM (#46370935)

Would it not just be "mission"? Companies have a mission, projects (should) have a mission, there may be details but the mission is what's guiding you the whole time, right?

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Re:Microspeak: North Star – The Old New Thing (2015) by whoamii on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @09:09PM (#46371699)

Mission is continuous, North Star is usually about guiding a journey with an eventual destination.

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Re:Microspeak: North Star – The Old New Thing (2015) by dmcgill50 on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @11:42PM (#46372528)

North Star is used to orient, when you’re lost. This makes sense for Microsoft. They’ve been in the wilderness for a while.

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