Group and case
Group
Candidate application
1. Technical claim
What capability is actually being transferred?
Critical technical assumption:
2. Baseline and distance
Named incumbent method and comparison metric:
Technical distance:
□ DIRECT
□ ADAPTATION
□ PIVOT
Reason:
3. Pivot cost and evidence
Time, talent, data and architecture change:
Current evidence grade and missing evidence:
4. Fastest useful experiment
Decision:
□ TEST
□ HOLD
□ KILL
Reopening condition:
Operator Collective Test
- Which human operator performed the critical work?
- Which tasks could agentic systems accelerate?
- Which decision must remain human?
- What evidence would prove that this intervention created value?
Final decision card
Gate
Decision owner
One-sentence rationale
Signed by the group scribe