Own the Logic – Ship a Decision Micro-Product in 4 Weeks

Most HR tools hard-wire someone else's logic. This talk shows how to own the rules, keep inputs to three, and launch a decision micro-product in weeks – fronted in Teams or your portal, governed as policy-as-code, and measured with adoption and cost-to-serve telemetry. Expect a minimal build pattern, one proof vignette, and a checklist to copy next quarter.

• Decision micro-product pattern: define the decision moment, keep ≤3 inputs, encode policy-as-code, deliver a clear recommendation.
• Minimal, vendor-neutral build: feature table, rules in SQL or a lightweight engine, adaptive card surface, webhook or reverse-ETL delivery.
• Telemetry that matters: time-to-decision, percentage automated, exception rate, weekly active deciders.
• Cost-to-serve method: quantify and retire integrations; present a defensible range rather than raw spend.
• Governance and ownership: SLA, policy steward, privacy boundaries, versioning and rollback plan.

• Frame a decision moment and select the three signals that truly drive it.
• Encode policy-as-code with override and audit trails without locking into a vendor stack.
• Stand up a minimal build and surface decisions in Teams or a portal with explain-why context.
• Measure adoption and cost-to-serve to secure funding and set kill or pivot thresholds.
• Establish ownership, SLA and change controls that satisfy Legal, Risk and IT.

Enterprises face mounting integration burden and policy drift when vendor workflows define decisions. Leaders want speed, auditability and privacy without stand-ups that take months. Owning decision logic as policy-as-code reduces rework, improves change control and can lower cost-to-serve while giving Finance, Legal and IT a defensible audit trail. Aligned to PAWorld's strategy and editorial standards.