REVIEWED / JULY 22, 2026
Keep the exit
Plan the vendor, data, and process exit before the workflow becomes normal
Know how the business will export instructions, remove access, preserve evidence, and return to manual work.
What this guide should leave behind
The business can stop the workflow without losing its process, records, account control, or ability to serve customers.
Work the boundary in this order
- 01
Store the approved recipe, criteria, source rules, and reviewer instructions in a business-controlled location.
- 02
Document account ownership, billing, integrations, permissions, exports, retention, and deletion routes.
- 03
Maintain a manual fallback for the task and practice it before dependence grows.
- 04
Set review triggers for provider, price, policy, staffing, data, incident, or performance changes.
Foundations worth seeing
- The business owns the instructions.
- Access can be removed.
- Records can be exported.
- A manual path remains usable.