RAG Formation · Lesson · Reliability & product readiness
Pilot review and 30-day implementation plan
Turn evaluation evidence into a prioritized backlog, a go/no-go pilot call, and the next month of engineering work.
$ lesson --status
▸ course RAG Formation
▸ lesson 16 / 16
▸ phase Reliability & product readiness
▸ status Complete
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Today’s tangible win
A prototype readiness report: clear go/no-go criteria, plus a prioritized 30-day backlog.
Watch the walkthrough
1 · The skill
Pick the three highest-value fixes to come out of the prior lessons, then pin down the acceptance bar, the regression check, who owns it, and the exact command to rerun.
- Readiness gate: a go/no-go call built on explicit thresholds for quality, safety, performance, and operations.
- Highest-value fix: a change you pick because it fixes a real, measured failure — not because it happens to be trendy.
- Pilot scope: a deliberately narrow slice of users, documents, and workflow, where the risks and the bar for success are already known.
2 · Run the evidence loop
cd demo
python3 eval.py run --mode both --workspace meridian_demo --tag lesson-16-readinessLine the new report up against the baseline and mark every readiness criterion: pass, fail, or still unmeasured.
A slick demo doesn't make a pilot ready — you still need explicit gates on quality, safety, and operations.
3 · Decision worksheet
| Baseline evidence | One hypothesis/change | Metric | Regression check | Bounded conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _____ | _____ | _____ | _____ | _____ |
4 · Retrieval practice
Question: One fix bumps up accuracy but also raises hallucination. What do you do?
Mission connection
The 30-day target is a prototype you can actually defend — not a promise that every answer will be perfect. A solid pilot plan puts its limitations out in the open and lays down a disciplined path toward production.
5 · Deliverable and next action
- Save the command output, or the report itself.
- Fill out the decision worksheet.
- Write down one failure case, plus the next check you plan to run.
A prototype readiness report: clear go/no-go criteria, plus a prioritized 30-day backlog.
Next: Course complete — revisit the mission and roadmap.
Ask me follow-up questions about the evidence, metric, failure case, or next experiment. I am your teacher for this course.