## 1. Success Metrics Keep Changing

If every review meeting introduces new criteria for success, you’re not moving toward production—you’re moving the goalposts.

## 2. The “Data Problem” Never Gets Solved

Pilots often use clean, curated datasets. Production requires messy, real-world data. If you haven’t tackled data quality, you’re not ready.

## 3. IT and Business Aren’t Aligned

When the business team says “it works great” but IT has a list of blockers, you have a communication problem, not a technology problem.

## 4. There’s No Clear Owner

Pilots run by committees rarely graduate. Someone needs P&L responsibility for the production system.

## 5. You’re Optimizing for Demos

If your team spends more time preparing demonstrations than building production infrastructure, priorities need adjustment.

## Breaking Free

The cure is often simple: set a hard deadline, assign a single owner, and accept that v1 won’t be perfect. Done is better than demo.

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