[Rally]

This was a phrase used frequently at Sun Micro and, more recently, at Google.

Basically don't spread your effort.  Target and focus exclusively on something and put all your heft/striking power behind one arrowhead rather than adopting a scattergun approach with little force behind the many arrowheads.

For an "In the Wild" usage, here's a press release where Google used this analogy when discussing shutting down Google Labs to focus on more focused product development. 

More Wood Behind Fewer Arrows

Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2011   
Last week we explained that we’re prioritizing our product efforts. As part of that process, we’ve decided to wind down Google Labs. While we’ve learned a brobdingnagian amount by launching very early prototypes in Labs, we believe that greater focus is crucial if we’re to make the most of the extraordinary opportunities ahead.

In many cases, this will mean ending Labs experiments—in others we’ll incorporate Labs products and technologies into different product areas. And many of the Labs products that are Android apps today will continue to be available on Android Market. We’ll update you on our progress via the Google Labs website.

We’ll continue to push speed and innovation—the driving forces behind Google Labs—across all our products, as the early launch of the Google+ field trial last month showed.

Posted by Bill Coughran, SVP for Research and Systems Infrastructure

Thats great.  I still can't visualize putting wood behind arrows but I had a soft major :)

[Rally]

This was a phrase used frequently at Sun Micro and, more recently, at Google.

Basically don't spread your effort.  Target and focus exclusively on something and put all your heft/striking power behind one arrowhead rather than adopting a scattergun approach with little force behind the many arrowheads.

For an "In the Wild" usage, here's a press release where Google used this analogy when discussing shutting down Google Labs to focus on more focused product development. 

More Wood Behind Fewer Arrows

Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2011   
Last week we explained that we’re prioritizing our product efforts. As part of that process, we’ve decided to wind down Google Labs. While we’ve learned a brobdingnagian amount by launching very early prototypes in Labs, we believe that greater focus is crucial if we’re to make the most of the extraordinary opportunities ahead.

In many cases, this will mean ending Labs experiments—in others we’ll incorporate Labs products and technologies into different product areas. And many of the Labs products that are Android apps today will continue to be available on Android Market. We’ll update you on our progress via the Google Labs website.

We’ll continue to push speed and innovation—the driving forces behind Google Labs—across all our products, as the early launch of the Google+ field trial last month showed.

Posted by Bill Coughran, SVP for Research and Systems Infrastructure

Thats great.  I still can't visualize putting wood behind arrows but I had a soft major :)