Start with workflows that already have measured before/after evidence from a pilot or proof sprint, and prioritize scaling those before funding a new round of speculative initiatives.

Audit trail infrastructure, policy enforcement, and evidence-capture capability should be budgeted explicitly alongside licensing and implementation costs, rather than treated as an unbudgeted afterthought.

Check whether the underlying platform was built to maintain governance and auditability at higher volume and across different teams, not just validated at the smaller scale of the original pilot.