Powerful Products
The nearly-lucky number that represents how many product areas were implemented as part of the total Product Catch-Up Project
What is 6?
(DIS11, GAO21, GC14/7002, GCI21, HI1721/21, ML9)
The upcoming APL/Cameron Company holiday in March
What is BONUS DAY?
The goal this team hit before March 2026!
(26.2 of these exist in a marathon)
What is a mile(stone)?
The lone (star) state where GC15A abounds
What is Texas?
The country (or city) where the 2026 Winter Olympics was held this month
Where is Milan, Italy (among other cities across the country)?
The 3 areas to be completed before a product-state is "Ready to Sell"
What are:
Proposals/brochures
Policies/certificates
Raters
The year APL was founded
What makes 1945 so special to APL?
The names of the 2 systems that generate documents that were also developed as part of the Product Update Project
What is DocRunner and OpenText?
What is New York?
The number of medals the United States won in the 2026 Winter Olympics
33 total!
12 Gold
12 Silver
9 Bronze
The last stop on a product-state combination's journey before we bid it farewell
What is AF Compliance?
One of the primary places where everyone can experience the documents from APL's products in a self-service way
What is the Online Service Center?
The year APL's Moonshot rocket began to launch
What is 2025?
The 3 states that APL "sized up" and cares for (whether Large or Small)
Florida, Michigan, Missouri
The 2026 silver-medal winning sport for the USA where they play with stones
Curling
The one-eyed guardian of APL's products
WHAT IS THE CYCLOPS?!
The beneficiary of APL implementing and enhancing great products
Who are the Brokers, Groups, Insureds, and so many others?
(Could be any of several answers)
The amount/number of times APL will be better after succeeding in Moonshot
What is 10 (at least!)?
"Toto, HI1721/21 isn't filed in [blank] anymore..."
What is Kansas?
The year the US won the most medals in US Winter Olympic history
1988 (Calgary)
The only product with 55 state combinations (issuing this was attainable for our team, though)
What is GCI21?
The number of different departments that directly contributed to the Product Update implementation
What is at least 10 (AF Compliance, APL Compliance, Broker Resources, Claims, Customer Experience, Customer Service, EPMO, IT, Marketing, Product, and even more with APL Executive Team and Leadership)?
One of several Moonshot Guiding Principles that our team used to achieve our goal:
"Prog____ ov__ _____ction"
What is "Progress over perfection"
What is the most-recent state where this team deployed to Production?
(Hint: It's a sweet state where the maple and Ben & Jerry's ice cream flows)
Vermont (GC7002-VT)
"Great moments are born from ____ ________"
"Great moments are born from great opportunity"
- Herb Brooks, US Men's Olympic Hockey Head Coach