Operational Scope & Pilot Boundaries

How Field IQ is evaluated, constrained, and governed during pilot and early deployments.

Field IQ is designed to be introduced deliberately. This page defines the operational boundaries that govern how Field IQ is used during pilots and early deployments, ensuring evaluation remains controlled, non-disruptive, and reversible.

These boundaries exist to allow organizations to evaluate Field IQ safely, without introducing new authority, automation risk, or operational dependency.

Purpose of a Field IQ Pilot

Field IQ pilots exist to surface insight, not to assert authority.

During a pilot, Field IQ is used to:

Reveal execution patterns, drift, deviation, and readiness signals
Support instructor review and after-action analysis
Identify gaps, trends, and opportunities for intervention

Pilots are explicitly structured to inform human judgment, not replace it.

Authorized Use During Pilot Phase

During pilots and early deployments, Field IQ may be used for:

Training and evaluation analysis
After-action review support
Readiness signal exploration
Pattern discovery across sessions or runs
Instructor-led validation of outputs

All usage is advisory and review-oriented.

Explicit Non-Goals

During pilot and early deployment phases, Field IQ is not used to:

Make operational or command decisions
Issue autonomous recommendations or directives
Adjudicate performance outcomes
Replace instructor, evaluator, or command judgment
Serve as a system of record
Trigger automated actions or enforcement

Field IQ does not change authority structures. It does not introduce hidden escalation paths.

Output Classification

All Field IQ outputs generated during pilots are classified as:

Advisory
Non-binding
Instructor-reviewed

Outputs are designed to be:

Interpreted by humans
Validated through context and doctrine
Accepted, rejected, or overridden explicitly

No output is considered final without human review.

Human Authority & Review Controls

Human authority remains intact at all times.

Instructors and evaluators retain full discretion
Outputs can be annotated, contextualized, or ignored
Overrides are expected and supported
No automated escalation occurs

Field IQ surfaces evidence. Humans decide what it means.

Containment & Reversibility

Field IQ pilots are intentionally bounded.

Scope is limited to defined sessions, courses, or datasets
Deployment can be paused or removed without workflow disruption
No downstream dependency is created during pilot evaluation

Pilots are designed to be easy to exit.

Escalation Rules

Field IQ does not escalate issues automatically.

No alerts propagate without human review
No thresholds trigger system-level actions
No outputs are transmitted to command systems by default

Escalation, when desired, is explicitly configured and human-initiated. Field IQ surfaces signals regardless of severity; escalation pathways exist only outside the system and are owned by operators.

Conclusion of a Pilot

At the end of a pilot:

Findings are reviewed with instructors and stakeholders
Outputs are evaluated for relevance, clarity, and trustworthiness
Decisions to expand, modify, or discontinue use are made deliberately by program leadership.

There is no automatic transition from pilot to operational use.

Summary

Field IQ pilots are:

Scoped
Reversible
Non-authoritative
Human-governed

They exist to build clarity before operational commitment.