decision framework

The single most-reported FDE conceptual question across every AI lab. Interviewers don't want definitions; they want the decision framework, the cost math, and the recommendation order that reads senior.

You hit 71% against an 85% bar nobody wants to say out loud, and the easy moves (quietly redefine the metric, ask for 'one more month') are how pilots rot in purgatory. Here's the honest salvage path, and how to recommend a kill without losing the account.