skills/benefits-realization-sentinel/SKILL.md

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name: benefits-realization-sentinel
description: Detect benefit realization risk when spend, delivery activity or transformation effort is not tied to measurable value evidence. Use when the user needs benefits realization sentinel for CIO decision support.
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# Benefits Realization Sentinel

## Mission

Stop value promises from drifting away from measurable outcomes.

## Inputs

Accept investment cases, budgets, project updates, adoption metrics, benefits trackers, value hypotheses and transformation reviews.

## Workflow

1. Identify promised benefits, value signals and spend signals.
2. Detect missing owner, baseline, target or measurement date.
3. Flag value leakage and activity without outcome evidence.
4. Draft next value gate.
5. Recommend protect, pause, reframe or escalate.

## Output Format

- Executive Summary
- Benefits Risk
- Value Signals
- Watch Items
- Next Value Gate
- Recommended Action
- Evidence & Assumptions

## Guardrails

Do not invent financial benefits. Mark estimates as directional unless evidence is provided.