Tactical AI Audit

Matthew Arthurs · Be A Decisive Leader

LTC, U.S. Army National Guard · PMI AI (CPMAI) · PMP · PMI-ACP · LSSBB · MBA · MSIT

EXECUTION ONLY Anti–analysis paralysis · Next right move

BLUF: Inventory shadow AI, classify work by decision doors, then name one jump-master per critical workflow—before you scale spend or liability.

PHASE 1 The SITREP

Audit shadow AI tools & flow metrics—what ships without governance visibility.

✓	Row item	Capture
	Shadow tools register	List every AI/automation touchpoint in production (approved or not): vendor, owner, data classes touched.
	Flow metric — cycle time	Baseline hours/decisions from trigger → customer-visible outcome for top 3 AI-assisted workflows.
	Flow metric — defect escape	Count rework / compliance exceptions tied to AI outputs (last 30 days).
	Single source of truth	Where does human authority override model output today? Document the escalation path in one sentence.

PHASE 2 Decision Triage

Categorize tasks as Single-Door vs. Double-Door—automate only after the door math is honest.

✓	Door type	Rule	Your examples (fill)
	Single-Door	Reversible or cheap to unwind; bounded downside—candidate for assisted automation with monitoring.
	Double-Door	Irreversible or asymmetric risk (legal, safety, brand, capital)—human judgment + explicit sign-off.

Name one workflow you will stop AI-augmenting until double-door controls exist.
Name one single-door workflow where speed wins if metrics hold for two sprint cycles.

PHASE 3 The Jump-Master Rule

Assign human-in-the-loop accountability—one named owner per critical AI-assisted jump.

✓	Jump (workflow / decision)	Jump-master (name + role)	Proof they own (metric or artifact)

Jump-master ≠ committee. One throat to choke per row.
If you cannot name the jump-master, the workflow is still classified as shadow ops.

Continue with Decisive Edge

Shadow-AI triage is step one. The EDGE Framework and Friday Bridge carry governance language your team can install—books, diagnostics, and advisory when blast radius spans capital or brand.

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