📖What it means

The execution of a single step of an initiative: converting a step into tasks/activities and running them (blocks plan_step, execute_step, review_step). Owned by Merlin (the Orchestrator) and carried out by the Step Execution Orchestrator/Sequencer and the step-execution engine. Formerly called pipeline execution; the pipeline refers to the whole 10-block build pipeline, whereas step execution is specifically Merlins per-step task-running machinery. Distinct from initiative-level planning and review, which are Elronds.

📖Easily confused with

[{"term": "Attempt", "distinction": "A step execution is one step inside one attempt; the attempt is the whole try."}, {"term": "Run", "distinction": "A step is a unit of the PLAN; a run is one droid actually executing."}]

📖Nuance

Carol: engine carried out via Merlin droids po-s1 (Step Execution Orchestrator) and sq-01 (Step Execution Sequencer); the execution engine module is Merlin-owned.

📖Also called

- step
- execution step

📖Filed under

Category: work.

Service: Build Initiatives.