prism initiative
Work with PRISM initiatives - improvement projects linked to goals and phases.
Synopsis
Subcommands
| Subcommand | Description |
|---|---|
list |
List all initiatives |
show |
Show details of a specific initiative |
prism initiative list
List all initiatives in a PRISM document, grouped by status, phase, or goal.
Usage
Flags
| Flag | Short | Description |
|---|---|---|
--format |
-f |
Output format: text, json (default: text) |
--by-phase |
Group initiatives by phase | |
--by-goal |
Group initiatives by goal |
Examples
# List initiatives by status (default)
prism initiative list prism.json
# List initiatives grouped by phase
prism initiative list prism.json --by-phase
# List initiatives grouped by goal
prism initiative list prism.json --by-goal
# Output as JSON
prism initiative list prism.json -f json
Output (by status)
Initiatives by Status
=====================
In Progress (1):
Observability Platform [in_progress] (90% dev, 90% deployed)
Owner: SRE Team
Planned (2):
SLO Dashboard [planned]
Owner: Platform Team
Deployment Automation [planned]
Owner: Platform Team
Completed (1):
CI/CD Pipeline Enhancement [completed] (100% dev, 100% deployed)
Owner: Platform Team
Total: 4 initiatives
Output (by phase)
Initiatives by Phase
====================
Q1 2026 (2 initiatives):
CI/CD Pipeline Enhancement [completed] (100% dev, 100% deployed)
Owner: Platform Team
Observability Platform [in_progress] (90% dev, 90% deployed)
Owner: SRE Team
Q2 2026 (2 initiatives):
SLO Dashboard [planned]
Owner: Platform Team
Deployment Automation [planned]
Owner: Platform Team
Total: 4 initiatives
prism initiative show
Show detailed information about a specific initiative.
Usage
Flags
| Flag | Short | Description |
|---|---|---|
--format |
-f |
Output format: text, json (default: text) |
Examples
# Show initiative details
prism initiative show prism.json init-monitoring
# Output as JSON
prism initiative show prism.json init-monitoring -f json
Output
Initiative: Observability Platform
ID: init-monitoring
Description: Deploy comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting
Status: In Progress
Priority: 2
Owner: SRE Team
Progress:
Dev Completion: 90%
Deployment:
Status: In Progress
Customers: 45/50 (90%)
Linked Goals (1):
- Achieve High Reliability (M3 → M5)
Phase: Q1 2026
Linked Metrics (3):
- Service Availability [SLO Met]
- Mean Time to Recovery [SLO Not Met]
- P99 Latency [SLO Met]
Initiative Properties
Initiatives track improvement projects with the following properties:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
id |
Unique identifier |
name |
Display name |
description |
Detailed description |
status |
Current status (planned, not_started, in_progress, completed, cancelled) |
priority |
Priority level (1 = highest) |
owner |
Responsible person or team |
team |
Owning team |
goalIds |
Linked goal IDs |
phaseId |
Phase this initiative belongs to |
metricIds |
Metrics this initiative impacts |
devCompletionPercent |
Development completion (0-100%) |
deploymentStatus |
B2B deployment tracking |
Deployment Status
For B2B SaaS, initiatives track customer deployment:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
status |
Deployment status |
totalCustomers |
Total customers to deploy to |
deployedCustomers |
Customers already deployed |
adoptionPercent |
Adoption percentage |
Related Commands
prism goal- View goals that initiatives supportprism phase- View phases that contain initiativesprism roadmap- View roadmap with initiative progress