# AI Pilot Launch Approval One-Page Summary

> Use this as an executive summary before approving an AI pilot for production, restricted launch, redesign, pause, or no-go. Replace all bracketed text with verified evidence. Do not use this as ROI, compliance, security, savings, customer-impact, or production-success proof.

## 1. Decision ask
- Proposed decision: [Go / Restricted go / Redesign / Pause / No-go]
- Workflow/use case: [specific workflow]
- Launch scope: [users, data, region, integrations, time period]
- Decision date: [date]
- Executive sponsor: [name/role]

## 2. Evidence confidence
- Baseline measured: [what was measured]
- Pilot sample: [sample size / period / exclusions]
- Positive evidence: [observed evidence only]
- Known failures: [failure examples and severity]
- Evidence confidence: [high / medium / low with reason]

## 3. Open risks and restricted-launch boundaries
- Data/security boundary: [data classes, access, retention, redaction]
- Legal/compliance adviser questions: [questions for qualified adviser]
- Model/quality risks: [known edge cases]
- Restricted-launch boundary: [limits if not full go]
- No-go trigger: [condition that stops launch]

## 4. Cost and scale economics
- Expected monthly cost range: [range and assumptions]
- Main cost drivers: [tokens/API/cloud/GPU/support]
- Alert threshold: [budget or usage threshold]
- Stop-spend owner: [name/role]

## 5. Operating controls
- Human review point: [who checks what]
- Runbook location: [link]
- Incident route: [contact/channel]
- Rollback/pause method: [how to stop]
- Change approval gate: [who approves prompt/model/workflow changes]
- Review cadence: [daily/weekly/monthly]

## 6. Safe claim boundary
- Approved wording: [plain claim supported by evidence]
- Forbidden claims until further proof: [ROI, savings, compliance, accuracy, customer outcomes, legal status, production success]
- External/customer-facing status: [internal only / approved with wording / not approved]

## Sign-off table
| Lane | Owner | Decision | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business value | [name/role] | [approve/restrict/no-go] | [conditions] |
| Product / AI quality | [name/role] | [approve/restrict/no-go] | [conditions] |
| Data / security / risk | [name/role] | [approve/restrict/no-go] | [conditions] |
| Finance / platform cost | [name/role] | [approve/restrict/no-go] | [conditions] |
| Operations / support | [name/role] | [approve/restrict/no-go] | [conditions] |
| Executive sponsor | [name/role] | [approve/restrict/no-go] | [conditions] |

## Truth boundary
This summary is a readiness and executive-decision artifact. It is not a real client case study, testimonial, ranking, certification, legal/security/compliance/procurement/accounting advice, ROI proof, savings proof, search-ranking evidence, production-success proof, or a guarantee that any AI pilot will reduce cost, increase revenue, improve customer outcomes, meet compliance obligations, or succeed in production.