Slide 7 of 8 ~60s

Productive Paranoia — in practice

Controls before performance judgement — especially when dashboards refresh but measure meaning may have changed.

Must-not-fail + confidence

  • Critical measures flagged
  • Confidence tiers
  • No silent degradation

Refresh ≠ same meaning

  • Dashboard updated on time
  • Definition drift underneath
  • Reconcile before narrative

Epic / ADF quiet failures

  • Pipeline green, event missing
  • Workflow change, field null
  • Escalation paths ready

The dashboard refreshes — but the measure meaning changed.