Pilots die quietly. They starve on unclear owners, fuzzy success metrics, and integrations that never leave the sandbox. Production demands contracts: data freshness, SLAs, audit trails, and a named team on call when the model drifts.
Start by mapping the shortest path to a single metric the business already watches — not a new dashboard nobody opens. Tie automation to that metric with a before-and-after story finance can repeat.
NyraAI recommends a hard cutover date, shadow mode beforehand, and rollback scripts written in plain language. Momentum is a habit; protect it with boring operations.