Schirp's third threshold and the goal. A dart crossing this line represents a change whose merge is net positive for the organization. Between the automation and contribution thresholds is a gap where CI is green but production damage still occurs — the 'most dangerous area in software engineering' in Schirp's model. Discipline is what fills this gap today, and it loses statistically at any team size. The only lever is to move the automation threshold closer to the contribution threshold via stronger mechanical checks.