Coherence as a Deliverable: How a Multi-Surface Engagement Stays Sane
A developer encountered significant issues with information drift across multiple platforms, including a partner portal and local documentation, during a four-month project. This drift, where different versions of the same information existed in separate locations, was identified as a coherence gap rather than a bug. To combat this, the developer implemented structural patterns to make drift easier to detect and established a "Current Focus" block in a central document to clearly outline active workstreams and defer unrelated tasks, preventing future coherence problems. AI
