Quick answer
A project is usually a time-bound initiative composed of people, tasks, milestones, and deadlines. An Intelligence-Native Artifact is a structured object that carries the work itself, along with context, state, history, and routing logic.
Why this matters
Projects are useful for coordination at a broad level. But they often hide the actual movement of work inside meetings, tasks, and updates.
Artifacts make the work more visible and operational.
What projects tend to optimize for
Projects typically optimize for:
- timeline alignment
- resource coordination
- milestone tracking
What INAs add
Intelligence-Native Artifacts add:
- stateful work objects
- richer operational context
- reusable history
- clearer routing logic
- lower dependence on manual coordination
Bottom line
Projects help define the initiative. INAs help make the movement of work more visible, traceable, and adaptive inside it.
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