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The best starting point is a short description of the operating decision or friction the business wants to improve: who deals with it, how often it happens, what information is involved, and what a better result would make possible.
( The Detail )
Choose the level of work that matches the evidence
If the opportunity is still unclear, begin with a readiness or knowledge-and-data review. If a workflow and sources are already defined, a contained operational system can be scoped. The aim is to earn the next level of investment with evidence, not force every business into the same engagement.
How to approach it
Begin with the decision rather than the tool. Name the recurring judgement this affects, the information it depends on, and the person accountable for acting on the result. That framing keeps the first build small enough to inspect and useful enough to matter.
Keep a human review point in the loop until the quality and the failure modes are understood. A system that shows its working - what it drew on, where it is uncertain, and what it deliberately left alone - is one a business can keep running after the initial build.
( Next Step )
Start small enough to review, but on a workflow important enough to show whether a better system is worth building.