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AI Pilot Charter
A one-page document that decides up front: what we're trying to learn, by when, and what 'good' looks like. Most pilots fail because they skipped this conversation.
Reviewed by Level Up Automate.
TL;DR
Charter forces five concrete decisions before kickoff.
Owner, success metric, decision date, scope freeze, and budget cap.
Re-read at the decision date — it's surprisingly hard to fool yourself when the metric was named in writing.
What the charter covers
Five fields, one page.
- Owner: one named person accountable.
- Success metric: one number that makes this a win.
- Decision date: when we kill, expand, or roll out.
- Scope freeze: what we are not adding even if asked.
- Budget cap: hard ceiling, including consultant time.
Common questions
Plain-English answers
What if the metric isn't met but the team learned something valuable?
That's a perfectly good reason to keep going — but say so out loud. The charter exists to make pivots conscious instead of accidental.
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