A pilot comparison is useful when it can challenge the result you hoped to see, not just confirm it.

Easy cases, selective timing, and changing success criteria can make a tool appear better than the complete work supports.

Choose comparable tasks with similar complexity and completion standards. Record why each case entered the comparison.

Measure preparation, review, corrections, approval, and handoff. Examine difficult cases and meaningful errors alongside typical performance.

Agree beforehand how the evidence will change the decision. Keep the original criteria, even when the result is disappointing or favors a simpler approach.

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