"First Class" and Prioritization

[ALRubinger]

In another discussion, @csuwildcat says:

We must 1st class the effort to generally advance the wider Decentralized Identity ecosystem with our work.

Let's align on this. :)

This is very important, but we don't classify it as "first class".

We build financial infrastructure and its ecosystem. We prioritize generalized, extensible architecture. First class: solving our north star use cases. That gives us focus and scope. Where Decentralized ID is a prerequisite to financial exchange, it becomes first class. Where it's not, we guide our first class work towards a Decentralized ID outcome we eventually want to see. In time everything should come together.

Because it's all equally important, but not all urgent at the same time.

You bring up a supporting argument I agree with:

We should not attempt to put in an 80% effort to do something isolated when putting in a bit more realizes our other foundational goals and unlocks magnitudes more value.

I think this rule of thumb makes sense. If we solve the first class stuff with 80% the effort, another 20% is fair to invest in "important not urgent" areas. If that ratio slides to involve extra additional effort, let's assess the investment/return of straying from our focus.

Does this sound like a reasonable way of prioritizing our work?