EXECUTIVE FIELD GUIDE

Human Override Readiness Checklist

AI product owners, risk leaders and commercial operations

The decision challenge

A nominal human approval step may lack authority or information for genuine oversight.

Executive takeaway

Test visibility, authority, capacity, traceability and feedback before launch.

The checklist

  1. Can the reviewer see context and limitations?
  2. Can they reject, pause and escalate?
  3. Does workload permit meaningful review?
  4. Are recommendation and decision auditable?
  5. Are override reasons investigated?
  6. Are sensitive details protected?

Decision framework

Working framework

Scenario | Recommendation | Expected reviewer action | Actual action | Override route | Audit evidence | Control gap | Owner. A missing critical control requires remediation before the intended use proceeds.

Decision rule

Document the accountable owner, evidence and next review date before closing the decision.

In practice

Illustrative use: Test an AI-suggested HCP next-best action against approved content, permissions and customer context.

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