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Oct 14, 2026 · R&D Management

FDE #07: Why Launch ≠ Value — Production Gates & Metrics That Prevent False Success

This article distinguishes production readiness gates from value validation metrics in AI agent deployments, detailing four hard gates (quality, security, operations, governance), a six-dimensional metrics framework with seven required fields per metric, attribution boundaries for business results, and decision triggers (continue, expand, contract, exit) to avoid false success signals.