Six delivery gates
Every phase produces evidence for the next decision.
The implementation does not advance on presentation alone. Scope, source access, controls, model performance and workflow readiness are documented and reviewed.
01Executive diagnostic
Establish the decision to improve, the current operating friction, the accountable owner and the financial or risk consequence of delay.
- Participants
- Executive sponsor, finance lead, decision owner and relevant operating stakeholders.
- Deliverables
- Decision statement, current-state map, value hypothesis and priority use-case shortlist.
- Review gate
- A clearly owned decision with enough expected value to justify assessment.
02Data, operating and risk assessment
Review source systems, data quality, business definitions, identity, controls, hosting requirements and the operating process around the decision.
- Participants
- Data owners, technology, security, risk, finance and process owners.
- Deliverables
- Source map, readiness findings, control requirements and integration assumptions.
- Review gate
- A practical path to approved data access, implementation and measurable validation.
03Decision intelligence SOW
Convert the opportunity into a contracted delivery plan with scope, responsibilities, milestones, controls, dependencies and acceptance measures.
- Participants
- Customer sponsor, procurement, legal, technology and Finovant delivery leads.
- Deliverables
- Executed SOW, delivery plan, governance model and acceptance schedule.
- Review gate
- Commercial, technical and control expectations agreed before workspace access.
04Dedicated workspace and integration
Provision the customer workspace, configure roles and decision domains, connect approved sources and implement the agreed forecast, anomaly and workflow logic.
- Participants
- Implementation team, customer administrators, data and identity owners.
- Deliverables
- Configured tenant, source connections, initial models, workflows and runbooks.
- Review gate
- Data refreshes, controls and core workflows operate in the agreed environment.
05Metric validation and operating acceptance
Evaluate forecast performance, explanation quality, exception precision, workflow usability and the business measures defined for the use case.
- Participants
- Decision owners, finance, risk, operations, technology and Finovant delivery.
- Deliverables
- Validation results, open-item log, procedures and acceptance record.
- Review gate
- Agreed technical, control and business thresholds are met or formally dispositioned.
06Administrator-led rollout and improvement
Customer administrators invite approved users, assign access and expand adoption through the agreed operating and change-management plan.
- Participants
- Customer administrators, team leads, users and Finovant success personnel.
- Deliverables
- User access, adoption support, review cadence and improvement backlog.
- Review gate
- The customer can operate the workflow with accountable ownership and measured outcomes.