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Run an AI pilot that can say no

Small-firm operators evaluating one proposed AI workflow

Pilot edition. Human editorial review pending. Primary-source research and proposed workflows; no hands-on vendor tests or customer results are claimed.

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Approx. 6 pagesAbout 10 minutesUpdated 4 Oct 2026

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Choose a bounded task, write down what success means before seeing the output, and measure the complete human-plus-software process. A pilot should be able to reject the purchase. Start with a stable comparison method and representative cases, including awkward ones. A compelling demonstration on one easy input is not enough to change a recurring business workflow. Name a sponsor, operator and reviewer. Define the input, permitted output and actions the tool may not take. Build a test set with normal cases, common exceptions and a few deliberate failures. Keep a holdout set that is not used for prompt tuning. Run the current process and proposed process under comparable conditions. Record quality, effort, failures and recovery time.

Stop a pilot when the business task is too vague to define a correct result. Clarifying that task may be more valuable than testing another model.

Inside

Every section in the report, in order.

  1. The decision
  2. Choose an approach
  3. The working process
  4. What can go wrong
  5. Run a measured pilot
  6. Eight checks before using real work
  7. Costs and a break-even check
  8. Use the implementation files
  9. Who owns the handover
  10. Evidence and limitations

How this report was made

This pilot edition was drafted with AI using linked primary sources. Human editorial approval is pending. Cost examples are assumptions, and no hands-on vendor tests are claimed.

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