Waypoints at Google

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Waypoints shouldn't just be linear points that you mark off on your journey. Each should build towards the next by giving you more experience, more data or more options down the road. That's exactly what these early waypoints at Google did. They helped test, iterate and prove out the product. And they also gave vital direction in what future waypoints to set.

To complete an audacious journey, you need to set short, achievable goals — or waypoints — to avoid getting wildly lost. But waypoints also need to be flexible because when you're knocked off track, you need to be able to realign your waypoints to get back on course. Aurora's Chris Urmson shares how he keeps returning to short, flexible waypoints on his daunting journey to make autonomous vehicles part of our everyday lives.

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