Posts Tagged ‘Chapter 16: MAVEN: Controlled Evaluation’
ACT III. How Value Is Governed Into Existence
Topics in this chapter: Procurement (2) · AI governance (1) · Business cases (1) · Government audits (1) · Request for Value (1)
Agree on What a Purchase Must Produce Before You Sign
Writing down what a purchase has to produce settles a disagreement every deal has anyway, and settles it before anyone signs.
Read MoreWendell Berry’s Nine Tests for Any New Tool
Wendell Berry set nine standards for any new tool in 1987, and only one asked whether it did the work better. The other eight asked what it would cost the work already being done well.
Read MoreVendor Total Cost of Ownership Models Miss Your Biggest Costs
A TCO model prices what its author can see. The costs that decide the outcome live on your side of the table, and they do not behave like line items.
Read MoreThe US Government’s AI Contract Clause Tests Everything but Value
The largest buyer on earth claimed the right to test its AI vendors on terms it alone controls, and attached consequences to everything except whether the value arrived.
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