Decision Telemetry: From Evidence to Outcome

Model traces help explain how a computation ran. Company decision telemetry connects that work to the operating question: what did we decide, on what evidence, under whose authority, and what happened?

Start with the decision

The record links the objective, accountable owner, dated evidence, proposed action, authority resolution, execution evidence, and measurement plan. Tool traces and model usage can attach to that decision. They enrich the record rather than replace its business meaning.

Keep execution and outcome separate

A provider receipt establishes evidence about an action. A later observation supplies evidence about the business result. Powered by Figaro’s contract grades execution, judgment, and governance separately. A completed workflow cannot grade its own business value merely by reporting success.

Track the cost of work and supervision

The useful cost picture includes model usage, tools, external commitments, and human attention where measured. Missing cost fields remain gaps. An estimate must stay labeled as an estimate.

Time matters

A metric has a data date. A measurement plan has a due date. A stale source cannot support a fresh verdict. Missing evidence may leave a decision inconclusive; it does not justify a zero or an invented success.

Use the record in the next decision

The Quarterly Decision Review examines results, costs, and authority together. It can identify work worth repeating and action classes worth considering for more autonomy. Any wider grant remains a human decision.

This describes the telemetry contract. Actual receipt, cost, and outcome coverage is checked per workflow and installation. The product map explains the current rollout boundary.