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AI-BUILD-VS-BUY5 MIN READ

Commit to pilot kill criteria

Define precommitted pilot criteria that lead to buy, build, constrain, or stop decisions.

Write pilot criteria for a real AI build-versus-buy decision before the pilot begins. Use this for vendor trials, internal prototypes, hybrid proofs of concept, or expansion pilots. AI pilot decision criteria Capability: [AI capability] Sourcing question: [build / buy / hybrid / wait] Riskiest assumption: [what must be true] Representative sample: [cases, users, data, time period] Pass metric: [quality, speed, cost, adoption, control threshold] Fail condition: [minimum result that means stop] Adjust condition: [result that means constrain, change scope, or build a missing layer] Severe stop rule: [failure that pauses scale immediately] Decision after pilot: If pass, we will [buy/build/scale].…

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