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Technical Field Guides

The Forgotten Lessons

Six short field guides bringing decades of systems discipline to small AI teams. The practices that keep AI work controlled, costed, and honest. By Patrice Price.

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Resource Discipline for AI Teams

Book 1: Estimating cost, context, and effort before AI work becomes waste.

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Requirements Discipline for AI Teams

Book 2: Stopping prompt-driven scope drift before it becomes AI project failure.

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Vendor Governance for AI Teams

Book 3: Buying AI tools without demo bias, hidden dependency, or exit traps.

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Governance Structures for AI Teams

Book 4: Keeping AI work controlled when the team is too small for a formal project office.

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AI Project Risk Signals

Book 5: Practical foresight for small AI teams.

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AI Project Quality Gates

Book 6: Practical checkpoints for small AI teams.

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