Decision Gates
Work only moves forward once the risk and readiness are actually understood, not assumed.
A six-stage process that turns strategy into a deployable release, with a clear owner and a measurable result at the end of it.
Each stage ends with a real decision, document, or working piece of the system — not just a status update.
What's the actual goal here, who's affected, and what's getting in the way today?
Define the target state, who owns what, and how we'll know it worked.
Build in sprints that produce something testable, not a slide deck.
Connect it to the systems, data, and teams already in place.
Ship it with training and a clear owner on the other side.
Watch how it's actually used, then improve it from there.
Every release has an owner, a documented outcome, and a paper trail if something needs to be revisited.
Work only moves forward once the risk and readiness are actually understood, not assumed.
Every sprint leaves behind something reviewable — test results, deployment records, real artifacts.
Someone specific owns support and controls before launch day, not after.
Real usage data drives what gets improved next, not a guess.