Midstream Energy Platform Modernization: Lock In the Platform Immediately for a 24-Month Deadline, or Run a Short-Term Evidence Gate First?

Minerva judgment

Recommend first launching a short-term, time-boxed current-state and vendor evidence gate with defined stop conditions, to identify the root cause of manual rework and validate candidate platform fit before deciding platform lock-in scope; this path preserves reversibility without abandoning the feasibility of the 24-month timeline

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Human-controlled next action

The Steering Committee Chair approves the timeline, scope, stop conditions, and accountable owners for the short-term evidence gate, and assigns the architecture and risk teams to execute root-cause analysis

What would reverse the recommendation

If the evidence gate results show that manual rework stems primarily from platform gaps rather than process, data, or organizational issues, and a clearly qualified candidate platform solution already exists, then proceeding to immediate lock-in is warranted; before that outcome emerges, any platform contract signing is treated as an irreversible commitment, requiring prior Steering Committee approval of stop conditions and escalation triggers per the risks shown in F5 and F4 (their specific definitions remain U3 unknowns requiring further clarification).

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Huron · Energy Company Enables Growth With Enterprise Cloud Technology

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