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Benefits modernization·9 questions·~2 minutes

Modernization Readiness

Nine questions about authority, data, continuity, due process, and procurement. Scored against the conditions a benefits modernization program must meet to succeed.

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  1. 01Authority

    Is there a single named executive accountable for the modernized system's go-live?

    A steering committee is not an executive. We mean a person whose performance review depends on this.

  2. 02Authority

    Has that owner's appointment outlasted at least one administration change?

    Modernizations span elections. Owners that don't, don't finish.

  3. 03Data

    Can the program produce a reproducible, point-in-time extract of the last 36 months of decisioning data?

    Reproducible means: running it again next month for the same time-range returns the same rows.

  4. 04Data

    For a given decision date, can you retrieve the policy text that bound the decision?

    This is the hidden killer. Most agencies have current policy; almost none have versioned policy.

  5. 05Continuity

    Is "no flag-day cutover" written into your procurement requirements?

    If it isn't, you'll get a flag-day cutover. Vendors optimize for what's in the requirements.

  6. 06Continuity

    Do you have a working feature-flagging capability in production today?

    A vendor "supporting feature flags" is not the same as a working flag system.

  7. 07Continuity

    Can the program run two decisioning systems in parallel for 90+ days while reconciling divergences?

    This is how cutovers stop being terrifying.

  8. 08Due process

    Are adverse-action notices for AI-influenced decisions reviewed by counsel before deployment?

    If counsel hasn't seen the notice, the model is a legal exposure waiting to be subpoenaed.

  9. 09Procurement

    Does the contract deliver trained models, training-data lineage, and evaluation suites to the agency at no marginal cost?

    If the vendor walks away with the model, you bought a service. If you walk away with the model, you bought capability.

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