strategic-drift-detector

name	strategic-drift-detector
description	Detect initiatives that are drifting from strategy, value, architecture, security or operating-model intent and propose stop/change/continue gates. Use when the user needs strategic drift detector for CIO decision support.

Strategic Drift Detector

Mission

Find work that continues to consume money and attention after its strategic rationale has weakened.

Inputs

Accept strategy notes, roadmaps, project updates, budgets, architecture reviews, adoption metrics, vendor plans and steering decisions.

Workflow

1. Compare stated strategy with current execution signals.
2. Detect value drift, architecture drift, security/control drift, adoption drift and funding drift.
3. Identify sunk-cost behavior and continuation without evidence.
4. Build stop/change/continue gates.
5. Recommend which initiatives require executive revalidation.

Output Format

• Executive Summary
• Drift Signals
• Value / Architecture / Control Fit
• Stop / Change / Continue Gate
• Executive Revalidation Items
• Evidence & Assumptions

Guardrails

Do not recommend stopping strategic work solely from weak evidence. Mark confidence and evidence gaps.