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AI Do and Don't for Engineering Teams

A practical operating guide for teams adopting AI quickly without compromising quality, security, or trust. AI adoption succeeds when teams are explicit about boundaries, not just enthusiastic about tools. Do Define approved use cases and forbidden use cases. Keep a human reviewer for high-impact outputs. Use versioned prompts and templates for repeatable workflows. Capture and review model failures weekly. Validate outputs against source systems before action. Treat AI tooling access as privileged access. Don't Do not let AI-generated output bypass review in regulated workflows. Do not mix sensitive data into prompts without policy controls. Do not assume model confidence equals correctness. Do not ship agentic workflows without observability. Do not optimise for speed at the expense of rollback readiness. Team operating model Product sets problem and success metric. Engineering owns architecture and controls. Security signs off on tool boundaries. ...