YOUR OBJECTIVE COMES FIRST
Operational instruction review
Make AI use understandable, reviewable and accountable.
Maine’s development department identifies forest products, life sciences, marine and aquaculture, food and agriculture, clean energy and manufacturing as industry clusters. A useful scoping example is marine-service job preparation. Follow a vessel reference, service scope and equipment-access note through the work with service planning, technical specialists and vessel contacts. An initial request may not identify the actual equipment configuration or access window. What must be confirmed before the service team commits to the work window?
Maine Department of Economic and Community Development: industry context ↗01Inventory intended use and authority
Identify tools, users, inputs, outputs and any external actions. Distinguish experimentation from a workflow staff already rely on. Record the business owner and the decisions the system is permitted to support or perform.
02Set practical information boundaries
Define approved sources, sensitive information, access and retention expectations with the relevant owners. Check how those expectations apply in the chosen tool and integrations. A written rule should not assume technical controls exist without verification. Working example: An approved-source list and escalation rule.
03Match review to the consequences
Decide when a person must inspect evidence, approve an action or make a professional determination. Establish escalation for missing support, disagreement or unexpected behavior. Review requirements should reflect the task rather than treat every AI output as the same risk. For marine-service job preparation, agree how service planning, technical specialists and vessel contacts contribute where those functions are involved.
04Maintain evidence as the workflow changes
Keep use-case records, representative evaluation results and change decisions. Assign responsibility for prompt, source and permission updates. Give staff a way to report incidents and corrections so lessons reach the people who can change the workflow. Review check: Users can identify the authoritative instruction and when expert review is required.