RLM Implementation Roadmap
Project Plan & Timeline
Version: 1.0
Date: January 13, 2026
Duration: 16 weeks to production scale
Table of Contents
- Project Overview
- Phase 1: Foundation
- Phase 2: Specialists
- Phase 3: Optimization
- Phase 4: Scale
- Resource Requirements
- Risk Management
- Success Metrics
Project Overview
Vision
Transform CODITECT from "eliminating 60-90% of repetitive work" to "eliminating 60-90% of repetitive work with unlimited context intelligence"—becoming the only platform that handles 10M+ token tasks.
Objectives
- Technical: Deploy production-ready RLM infrastructure by Week 4
- Product: Launch 3 specialist agents (document, code, workflow) by Week 8
- Commercial: Achieve $500K ARR from RLM features by Week 16
- Market: Establish competitive moat through 6-month technical lead
Success Criteria
| Metric | Target | Measurement |
|---|---|---|
| Technical Performance | >90% accuracy on 1M+ token tasks | Benchmark testing |
| Cost Efficiency | <$1.00 per complex task (median) | Production monitoring |
| Customer Adoption | 50+ Enterprise customers using RLM | Usage analytics |
| Revenue Impact | $500K ARR from RLM features | Financial reporting |
| Customer Satisfaction | NPS >80 for RLM users | Quarterly surveys |
Phase 1: Foundation (Weeks 1-4)
Goal
Deploy core RLM infrastructure and validate with 20 customer documents.
Milestones
Week 1: Architecture & Setup
Deliverables:
-
Architecture Review (Day 1-2)
- Review MIT paper implementation details
- Design CODITECT-specific architecture
- Identify integration points with existing skills
- Document security requirements
-
Environment Setup (Day 3-5)
- Provision sandboxed Python REPL environment
- Deploy Redis for checkpoint storage
- Configure monitoring and logging infrastructure
- Set up development and staging environments
Team: 2 Senior Engineers, 1 DevOps Engineer, 1 Product Manager
Budget: $15,000
Week 2: Core Implementation
Deliverables:
-
REPL Environment (Day 1-3)
- Implement SecureREPL class with security validation
- Add AST parsing for code safety checks
- Configure memory limits and timeouts
- Test with malicious code samples
-
LLM Integration (Day 4-5)
- Implement RecursiveLLMCaller with Claude Sonnet 4
- Add token tracking and budget enforcement
- Implement circuit breaker pattern
- Test recursive depth limits
Team: 2 Senior Engineers, 1 QA Engineer
Budget: $12,000
Week 3: Orchestration & Testing
Deliverables:
-
RLM Orchestrator (Day 1-3)
- Implement main orchestration loop
- Add checkpoint/recovery mechanism
- Integrate with existing CODITECT authentication
- Build quality gate evaluation
-
Integration Testing (Day 4-5)
- Test with MIT paper benchmark tasks (S-NIAH, OOLONG)
- Validate token budgets and cost calculations
- Test error recovery and circuit breakers
- Performance testing (10M+ tokens)
Team: 2 Senior Engineers, 2 QA Engineers
Budget: $13,000
Week 4: Validation & Documentation
Deliverables:
-
Customer Document Testing (Day 1-2)
- Test with 20 real customer documents (contracts, codebases)
- Measure accuracy against manual review
- Calculate actual costs vs projections
- Document failure patterns
-
Documentation (Day 3-4)
- API documentation for developers
- Operations runbook
- Security and compliance documentation
- Customer-facing feature documentation
-
Phase 1 Review (Day 5)
- Demonstrate to stakeholders
- Present metrics and learnings
- Get approval for Phase 2
Team: 2 Senior Engineers, 1 Technical Writer, Product Manager
Budget: $10,000
Phase 1 Deliverables Summary
✅ Production-ready RLM infrastructure
✅ Validated on 20 customer documents
✅ Security audit passed
✅ Documentation complete
✅ Metrics dashboard deployed
Total Phase 1 Budget: $50,000
Total Phase 1 Duration: 4 weeks
Phase 2: Specialists (Weeks 5-8)
Goal
Build and deploy 3 specialist agents optimized for key use cases.
Milestones
Week 5: Document Processor Specialist
Deliverables:
-
Contract Analysis Agent (Day 1-3)
- Implement CODITECTDocumentProcessor class
- Integrate with CODITECT pdf skill for text extraction
- Add batch processing capabilities
- Create analysis report templates (docx integration)
-
Prompt Engineering (Day 4-5)
- Optimize system prompts for legal analysis
- Test on 50 contracts (various industries)
- Measure accuracy vs attorney review
- Iterate based on results
Team: 2 Senior Engineers, 1 Domain Expert (Legal), 1 QA Engineer
Budget: $18,000
Week 6: Code Analyzer Specialist
Deliverables:
-
Multi-Repository Analyzer (Day 1-3)
- Implement CODITECTCodebaseAnalyzer class
- Add repository loading and indexing
- Integrate with AST parsing libraries
- Support for 10+ programming languages
-
Migration Planning (Day 4-5)
- Build migration plan generation
- Test on 10 real codebases (various architectures)
- Validate against manual architect review
- Create visualization tools for results
Team: 2 Senior Engineers, 1 Domain Expert (Software Architecture), 1 QA Engineer
Budget: $18,000
Week 7: Workflow Executor Specialist
Deliverables:
-
Long-Horizon Orchestrator (Day 1-3)
- Implement OnboardingWorkflowExecutor class
- Add state management for 200+ step workflows
- Integrate with CODITECT's existing workflow engine
- Build error handling and recovery
-
Testing & Optimization (Day 4-5)
- Test with 5 customer onboarding workflows
- Measure completion rate and error rate
- Optimize for cost and speed
- Document best practices
Team: 2 Senior Engineers, 1 Product Manager, 1 QA Engineer
Budget: $18,000
Week 8: Customer Pilot Launch
Deliverables:
-
Pilot Program Setup (Day 1-2)
- Select 3 pilot customers (legal, tech, ops)
- Configure dedicated environments
- Train customer teams (2 hours each)
- Set up success metrics tracking
-
Launch & Support (Day 3-5)
- Deploy to pilot customers
- Daily check-ins for first week
- Monitor usage and collect feedback
- Rapid iteration on issues
-
Phase 2 Review (Day 5)
- Present pilot results
- Share customer feedback
- Calculate actual vs projected ROI
- Get approval for Phase 3
Team: 2 Customer Success Managers, 2 Engineers (on-call), Product Manager
Budget: $21,000
Phase 2 Deliverables Summary
✅ 3 production-ready specialist agents
✅ 3 pilot customers actively using RLM
✅ Documented best practices per use case
✅ Initial customer success stories
✅ Validated product-market fit
Total Phase 2 Budget: $75,000
Total Phase 2 Duration: 4 weeks
Phase 3: Optimization (Weeks 9-12)
Goal
Optimize performance, cost, and quality for production scale.
Milestones
Week 9: Performance Optimization
Deliverables:
-
Async Sub-Call Implementation (Day 1-3)
- Refactor for parallel sub-LLM calls
- Implement connection pooling
- Add request batching
- Target: 3x speedup vs sequential
-
Intelligent Chunking (Day 4-5)
- Implement semantic chunking (vs uniform)
- Add document structure detection
- Optimize chunk sizes per use case
- Measure impact on accuracy and cost
Team: 2 Senior Engineers, 1 DevOps Engineer
Budget: $20,000
Week 10: Cost Optimization
Deliverables:
-
Model Routing (Day 1-2)
- Implement intelligent model selection
- Route by task complexity:
- Simple → Claude Haiku (cost-efficient)
- Complex → Claude Sonnet (high-quality)
- Code → Qwen3-Coder (specialized)
- Measure cost savings vs uniform approach
-
Token Budget Enforcement (Day 3-5)
- Add per-customer token budgets
- Implement usage alerts (95th percentile)
- Build cost prediction models
- Create customer-facing usage dashboard
Team: 2 Senior Engineers, 1 Data Analyst
Budget: $18,000
Week 11: Quality Monitoring
Deliverables:
-
Quality Gates Dashboard (Day 1-3)
- Build real-time quality monitoring
- Track:
- Token efficiency (tokens/call)
- Error rates
- Success rates
- Customer satisfaction (inline feedback)
- Set up automated alerts
-
Trajectory Analysis (Day 4-5)
- Analyze RLM execution patterns
- Identify inefficient behaviors (excessive sub-calls)
- Build recommendations engine
- Document anti-patterns (Qwen3-style)
Team: 1 Senior Engineer, 1 Data Analyst, 1 ML Engineer
Budget: $22,000
Week 12: Documentation & Training
Deliverables:
-
Customer Documentation (Day 1-2)
- Write user guides per specialist
- Create video tutorials (3-5 min each)
- Build interactive demos
- Publish FAQ and troubleshooting
-
Sales Enablement (Day 3-4)
- Train sales team on RLM features
- Create demo scripts and talk tracks
- Build ROI calculator for prospects
- Develop case study templates
-
Phase 3 Review (Day 5)
- Present optimization results
- Share pilot customer metrics (now 4-6 weeks in)
- Get approval for Phase 4 (scale)
Team: 1 Technical Writer, 2 Sales Engineers, 1 Product Marketing Manager
Budget: $20,000
Phase 3 Deliverables Summary
✅ 3x faster execution (async sub-calls)
✅ 40% cost reduction (model routing)
✅ Real-time quality monitoring
✅ Complete customer documentation
✅ Sales team trained and enabled
Total Phase 3 Budget: $80,000
Total Phase 3 Duration: 4 weeks
Phase 4: Scale (Weeks 13-16)
Goal
Scale to 50+ Enterprise customers and $500K ARR.
Milestones
Week 13: Public Launch Preparation
Deliverables:
-
Launch Assets (Day 1-3)
- Website landing page with RLM messaging
- Product Hunt submission materials
- Press release and media kit
- Customer testimonial videos
-
Marketing Campaign (Day 4-5)
- LinkedIn ad campaigns (target: legal, tech, ops)
- Google Ads (keywords: "contract analysis AI")
- Email campaigns to existing customers
- Industry publication outreach
Team: 1 Product Marketing Manager, 1 Demand Generation Manager, 1 Designer
Budget: $30,000 (includes ad spend)
Week 14: Public Launch
Deliverables:
-
Launch Events (Day 1)
- Product Hunt launch
- LinkedIn announcement
- Email blast to 10K prospects
- Webinar: "Unlimited Context AI" (100 attendees target)
-
Sales Blitz (Day 2-5)
- 10 Enterprise AEs conducting demos
- Target: 50 qualified leads
- Goal: 10 closed deals in week 1
Team: 10 Account Executives, 2 Sales Engineers, 1 Product Manager
Budget: $40,000 (includes sales incentives)
Week 15: Rapid Onboarding
Deliverables:
-
Onboarding Sprint (Day 1-5)
- Onboard 20-30 new Enterprise customers
- Conduct training sessions (2 hours each)
- Set up dedicated environments
- Assign customer success managers
-
Support Scaling (Day 1-5)
- Expand support team (hire 3 CSMs)
- Build self-service knowledge base
- Set up 24/7 on-call rotation
- Implement chatbot for tier-1 support
Team: 5 Customer Success Managers, 2 Engineers (on-call), 1 Support Lead
Budget: $35,000
Week 16: Results & Planning
Deliverables:
-
Metrics Collection (Day 1-2)
- Total Enterprise customers using RLM
- ARR from RLM features
- Customer success stories documented
- NPS surveys collected
-
Case Study Production (Day 3-4)
- Publish 5+ customer case studies
- Create video testimonials
- Document quantified results
- Submit for industry awards
-
Phase 4 Review & Future Planning (Day 5)
- Present results to leadership
- Calculate actual vs projected outcomes
- Plan Phase 5: International expansion
- Celebrate team success 🎉
Team: Product Manager, Marketing Manager, All Engineering & CS Leads
Budget: $15,000
Phase 4 Deliverables Summary
✅ 50+ Enterprise customers using RLM
✅ $500K ARR from RLM features
✅ 10+ published case studies
✅ Industry recognition (awards, press)
✅ Foundation for continued growth
Total Phase 4 Budget: $120,000
Total Phase 4 Duration: 4 weeks
Resource Requirements
Team Structure
Core Engineering Team (Weeks 1-12)
| Role | FTE | Weeks | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Engineer | 2.0 | 12 | $144,000 |
| QA Engineer | 1.0 | 8 | $48,000 |
| DevOps Engineer | 0.5 | 12 | $36,000 |
| ML Engineer | 0.5 | 4 | $12,000 |
| Data Analyst | 0.5 | 8 | $20,000 |
| Total | 4.5 FTE | - | $260,000 |
Customer-Facing Team (Weeks 5-16)
| Role | FTE | Weeks | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product Manager | 1.0 | 16 | $80,000 |
| Customer Success Manager | 2.0 | 12 | $72,000 |
| Sales Engineer | 2.0 | 8 | $64,000 |
| Account Executive | 10.0 | 4 | $200,000 (incl. commissions) |
| Total | 15.0 FTE | - | $416,000 |
Support Functions (Weeks 9-16)
| Role | FTE | Weeks | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical Writer | 0.5 | 8 | $20,000 |
| Product Marketing | 1.0 | 8 | $40,000 |
| Designer | 0.5 | 4 | $10,000 |
| Domain Experts | 0.25 | 8 | $10,000 |
| Total | 2.25 FTE | - | $80,000 |
Budget Summary
| Phase | Duration | Team Cost | Infrastructure | Marketing | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 4 weeks | $40,000 | $10,000 | $0 | $50,000 |
| Phase 2 | 4 weeks | $60,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 | $75,000 |
| Phase 3 | 4 weeks | $65,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 | $80,000 |
| Phase 4 | 4 weeks | $70,000 | $15,000 | $35,000 | $120,000 |
| Total | 16 weeks | $235,000 | $45,000 | $45,000 | $325,000 |
Infrastructure Costs
development_environment:
compute: $2,000/month (AWS EC2 GPU instances)
storage: $500/month (Redis, S3)
monitoring: $500/month (Datadog, Sentry)
total: $3,000/month
staging_environment:
compute: $1,500/month
storage: $300/month
monitoring: $200/month
total: $2,000/month
production_environment:
compute: $5,000/month (auto-scaling)
storage: $1,000/month
monitoring: $500/month
cdn: $500/month
total: $7,000/month
anthropic_api:
estimated_usage: $3,000/month (Phase 1-2)
estimated_usage: $10,000/month (Phase 3-4)
Risk Management
Technical Risks
| Risk | Probability | Impact | Mitigation | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance bottleneck | Medium | High | Load testing, profiling, optimization sprint | Engineering Lead |
| Security vulnerability | Low | Critical | Security audit, penetration testing, bug bounty | Security Eng |
| Cost overrun (API usage) | Medium | Medium | Token budgets, monitoring alerts, circuit breakers | Engineering Lead |
| Integration issues | Low | Medium | Early integration testing, modular design | Tech Lead |
| Quality degradation | Medium | High | Quality gates, trajectory analysis, A/B testing | QA Lead |
Business Risks
| Risk | Probability | Impact | Mitigation | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low customer adoption | Low | High | Pilot validation, aggressive demos, ROI proof | Product Manager |
| Competitor response | High | Medium | Fast execution, patent filing, customer lock-in | CEO/CTO |
| Pricing resistance | Medium | Medium | ROI calculator, flexible packaging, trials | Sales Lead |
| Implementation delays | Medium | High | Agile sprints, daily standups, risk reviews | Program Manager |
| Churn from failures | Low | High | Pilot testing, gradual rollout, support scaling | CS Lead |
Contingency Plans
If Phase 1 validation fails (<80% accuracy):
- Root cause analysis (2 days)
- Prompt engineering iteration (1 week)
- Architecture adjustments if needed (2 weeks)
- Re-test with broader benchmark (3 days)
Timeline Impact: +3 weeks
Budget Impact: +$30K
If customer adoption is slow (<20 customers by Week 16):
- Increase trial length (7 days → 30 days)
- Offer implementation services (free for first 20 customers)
- Expand sales team incentives (2x commission for RLM deals)
- Accelerate case study production (pay for customer testimonials)
Timeline Impact: Extend Phase 4 by 4 weeks
Budget Impact: +$50K
If costs exceed projections (>$1.50/task):
- Aggressive model routing (more Haiku, less Sonnet)
- Implement caching (repeated queries)
- Negotiate volume discounts with Anthropic
- Reduce max recursion depth (3 → 2)
Performance Impact: -10% accuracy acceptable if cost controlled
Budget Impact: Neutral
Success Metrics
Technical Metrics (Tracked Weekly)
technical_kpis = {
'accuracy': {
'target': 0.90,
'measurement': 'Benchmark testing on long-context tasks',
'critical_threshold': 0.80
},
'cost_per_task': {
'target': 1.00, # USD
'measurement': 'Median cost across all RLM tasks',
'critical_threshold': 2.00
},
'response_time_p95': {
'target': 30, # seconds
'measurement': '95th percentile response time',
'critical_threshold': 60
},
'error_rate': {
'target': 0.05,
'measurement': 'Failed tasks / total tasks',
'critical_threshold': 0.10
},
'token_efficiency': {
'target': 800, # tokens per tool call
'measurement': 'Average tokens per REPL execution',
'critical_threshold': 1200
}
}
Business Metrics (Tracked Weekly)
business_kpis = {
'enterprise_customers_using_rlm': {
'week_4': 0,
'week_8': 3,
'week_12': 10,
'week_16': 50,
'target': 50
},
'rlm_arr': {
'week_4': 0,
'week_8': 36_000, # 3 customers × $999/mo × 12
'week_12': 120_000,
'week_16': 500_000,
'target': 500_000
},
'customer_satisfaction_nps': {
'target': 80,
'measurement': 'Quarterly NPS survey',
'critical_threshold': 60
},
'time_to_value_days': {
'target': 20,
'measurement': 'Days from signup to first ROI',
'critical_threshold': 45
},
'churn_rate': {
'target': 0.05, # 5% monthly
'measurement': 'Customers churning due to RLM issues',
'critical_threshold': 0.10
}
}
Customer Success Metrics (Tracked Monthly)
customer_metrics = {
'avg_time_saved_per_task_hours': {
'target': 3.5,
'measurement': 'Customer self-reported + benchmark',
'critical_threshold': 2.0
},
'avg_roi': {
'target': 300, # 300x ROI
'measurement': 'Customer cost savings / CODITECT cost',
'critical_threshold': 50
},
'usage_frequency': {
'target': 20, # tasks per customer per month
'measurement': 'Active usage tracking',
'critical_threshold': 5
},
'feature_adoption': {
'target': 0.50, # 50% of Enterprise customers
'measurement': 'Customers using RLM / total Enterprise',
'critical_threshold': 0.20
}
}
Reporting Cadence
| Audience | Frequency | Format | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Team | Daily | Slack standup | Tech Lead |
| Leadership | Weekly | Dashboard + narrative | Program Manager |
| Board | Monthly | Executive summary + metrics | CEO/CTO |
| Customers | Quarterly | Success review | Customer Success |
Communication Plan
Internal Communications
daily_standup:
time: 9:00 AM
duration: 15 minutes
attendees: Engineering team
format: Async in Slack + sync if needed
agenda:
- Yesterday's progress
- Today's plan
- Blockers
weekly_sync:
time: Fridays 2:00 PM
duration: 60 minutes
attendees: Full project team
format: Video call
agenda:
- Week recap (metrics)
- Next week priorities
- Risks and mitigations
- Celebrations
monthly_review:
time: Last Friday of month
duration: 90 minutes
attendees: Leadership + project team
format: In-person presentation
agenda:
- Metrics review
- Customer stories
- Learnings and adjustments
- Budget and timeline status
External Communications
customer_updates:
audience: Pilot customers
frequency: Weekly
channel: Email
content: Progress updates, new features, success stories
sales_enablement:
audience: Sales team
frequency: Bi-weekly
channel: Sales all-hands
content: Demo updates, talk tracks, objection handling
marketing_launches:
audience: Prospects
frequency: Monthly
channel: Blog, email, social
content: Case studies, webinars, thought leadership
Approval & Sign-Off
Budget Approval
| Phase | Amount | Approver | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | $50,000 | CTO | ⬜ Pending |
| Phase 2 | $75,000 | CEO | ⬜ Pending |
| Phase 3 | $80,000 | CFO | ⬜ Pending |
| Phase 4 | $120,000 | Board | ⬜ Pending |
| Total | $325,000 | - | - |
Go/No-Go Decision Points
| Milestone | Criteria | Decision Maker |
|---|---|---|
| End of Week 4 | >80% accuracy on validation set | CTO |
| End of Week 8 | 3 pilot customers with >80 NPS | CEO |
| End of Week 12 | Cost <$1.50/task, quality gates passing | CFO |
| End of Week 16 | >40 customers, >$400K ARR | Board |
Next Steps
Immediate Actions (This Week)
- Exec team reviews roadmap (Scheduled: [Date])
- Budget approval meeting (Scheduled: [Date])
- Assign project manager (Due: [Date])
- Engineering kickoff (Scheduled: [Date])
- Select pilot customers (Due: [Date])
Pre-Work Before Phase 1
- Provision AWS infrastructure
- Set up project management tools (Jira, Confluence)
- Create project Slack channel
- Order hardware if needed
- Schedule external security audit
Appendix
A. Detailed Gantt Chart
[See separate file: RLM_Gantt_Chart.xlsx]
B. Budget Breakdown
[See separate file: RLM_Budget_Detail.xlsx]
C. Risk Register
[See separate file: RLM_Risk_Register.xlsx]
D. Customer Pilot Plan
[See separate file: RLM_Pilot_Plan.md]
E. Quality Assurance Plan
[See separate file: RLM_QA_Plan.md]
Document Version: 1.0
Last Updated: January 13, 2026
Owner: Program Manager
Approvers: CTO, CEO, CFO
This roadmap is a living document and will be updated weekly based on progress and learnings.