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Controlled First Use

Using the integrated step on one live project under an adoption plan, with enhanced review, every override and error logged, the fallback flow ready and the accuracy seen in production compared with the qualification baseline, before the step is offered to every team.

Where this stage sits

This stage with its neighbours. Each row is a discipline active here, shaded by how mature its work is by the end of each stage.

Stage

^A07 Human Review & Sign-off Accountability

^A08 Controlled First UseYou are here

^D09 Broad Deployment

Adoption and governance milestones

SPReview and sign-off policy approved FURelease for controlled first use PRProduction flow release ARAdoption review

Engineering and flow milestones

FIFlow integration complete FRFirst use review

Engineering leadership and sponsorship^D

0.8

1.0

Freeze

Adoption programme management^O

0.8

1.0

CAD and flow engineering^D

0.8

1.0

Freeze

Machine learning and data engineering^O

0.8^A

1.0^D

Verification leads^A

0.8^A

1.0

Freeze

Tool qualification and benchmarking^O

0.8

1.0^A

Freeze

IT security and infrastructure^O

0.8

1.0

Freeze

Legal, licensing and export control^O

0.8

1.0

Freeze

Quality and process assurance^AA

0.8^A

1.0

Freeze

Design data management^O

0.8

1.0

Freeze

Tool supplier and licence management^A

0.8

1.0

Freeze^A

Training and change management^O

0.5

0.8

1.0^O

Key0.0Proposed0.3Trial planned0.5Trialled0.8Qualified with limits1.0Released for first useFreezeReleased under change controlFaded block: still at the step shown before it, Held below Complete or Maintained under change control once complete or frozenFreeze or sign-off pointMilestone for one item; the rest of the work carries onMilestone gateYou are here: Controlled First UseAI impactDisruption (red)Augmentation (blue)Opportunity (green)How AI is changing the workWhat the steps mean What the codes mean

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Stages

Human Review & Sign-off Accountability^A
Controlled First Use (this stage)^A
Broad Deployment^D

Adoption and governance milestones

Engineering and flow milestones

Disciplines

Engineering leadership and sponsorship^D
- Human Review & Sign-off Accountability: maturity 0.8, Qualified with limits. Production use approved on the data, IP and licence position within the qualified scope, with the accountability decisions being settled.
- Controlled First Use: maturity 1.0, Released for first use. Accountability matrix approved and the step released for controlled first use on one live project.
- Broad Deployment: maturity Freeze, Released under change control. Adoption decisions, scope and the accountability matrix under change control from the production release, with the benefit tracked against the business case.
Adoption programme management^O
- Human Review & Sign-off Accountability: maturity 0.8, Qualified with limits

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