How should a business test an AI workflow before letting it handle real work?

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title: "How to test an AI workflow before launch"
description: "Build a test set from real past cases, including the awkward ones, and write down what a correct result looks like for each. Run the workflow on that set and have the people who do the work today score the results. Then run it alongside the current process for a short period, with a person checking every output before anything is sent or changed. Agree in advance what level of quality is good enough to go live, and keep the test set to re-run after every change."
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# How should a business test an AI workflow before letting it handle real work?

Build a test set from real past cases, including the awkward ones, and write down what a correct result looks like for each. Run the workflow on that set and have the people who do the work today score the results. Then run it alongside the current process for a short period, with a person checking every output before anything is sent or changed. Agree in advance what level of quality is good enough to go live, and keep the test set to re-run after every change.

## What this means in practice

- Build a test set from real past cases, including hard ones.
- Write down what a correct result looks like for each case.
- Have the people who do the work score the results.
- Run alongside the current process with every output checked.
- Agree the go-live bar in advance and re-test after every change.

## How Lid Vizion approaches it

We start with the business decision and operating context, define ownership and measurable milestones, then use configuration, integrations, automation, or custom software only where each earns its place.

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