AI & automation · Planning worksheet

Automated reports: reconcile before distribution

Illustrative situation

A report sends automatically even though a changed source field has doubled one of its totals.

The decision

Add proportionate checks tied to the actual report and give exceptions an owner. Avoid generic thresholds that no one understands or reviews.

Rehearse this before accepting the change

Change a fictional source field and inspect the pre-distribution checks.

Use fictional examples and an authorised test environment. Record what happened, the evidence you inspected and any issue that still needs a responsible owner.

Choose a useful measure

Track reporting errors discovered only after distribution.

Agree the definition and baseline with the team doing the work. Review the result over a comparable period and note other changes that could affect it.

Your planning worksheet

Use these checks to prepare a discussion with your team or supplier. Tick a check when you have recorded the decision or evidence, rather than when a feature has simply been promised.

Decisions to record

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