Lena is developing a utility for the company’s internal workflow map to count the possible directions a task can move from the entry point to the final archive. Mark suggested adding this logic to ensure that testers can cover every possible journey across the dashboard's layout, provided they only move downward or to the right. Eva reviewed the plan and noted that knowing these totals will help the team optimize how tasks are categorized across different screen sizes. For example, on a simple interface with three rows and two columns, the system would calculate that a task has exactly three distinct ways to reach the finish line.