Quality Standards
The Velien QC Protocol™ governs how every framework, briefing, and whitepaper is created and released — with resilience testing, multi-disciplinary peer review, originality & IP checks, and audit-ready documentation. Quality is not a phase; it is our operating system.
The Velien QC Protocol™
Resilience Testing
Stress tests against AI-era disruption, liquidity shocks, regulatory pivots, and reputational cascades.
Peer Review
Cross-disciplinary review spanning strategy, risk, governance, data, and behavioral decision science.
Originality & IP
Original research requirement; citation control; trademark/IP clearance for names and diagrams.
Governance Fit
Explicit guardrails and escalation rules; alignment to client values and fiduciary obligations.
Documentation
Versioned methods, data lineage, and model notes — producing an audit trail on every release.
Release Gating
Executive sign-off, issue code, and deprecation policy to prevent drift and ensure integrity.
What We Review
Strategy Models
Silent Signals™, Resilio™ Compass, Guardrail Matrix™, Wealthforce™ architecture.
Data & Assumptions
Sources, time windows, scenario ranges, and sensitivity to outliers and feedback loops.
Decision Triggers
Clear thresholds for action, review cadence, and reversal mechanics to limit downside.
Risk Guardrails
Operational, financial, legal, and reputational constraints embedded into playbooks.
Ethics & Compliance
Bias checks, privacy controls, AI usage policies, and jurisdictional considerations.
Confidentiality
Client-specific work encrypted, access-controlled, and referenced only under NDA.
How Quality Is Enforced
- Scoping: define objective, risks, and governance fit.
- Design Review: structure methods, data, and triggers.
- Stress & Simulation: run adverse scenarios; record failure modes.
- Peer Review: cross-domain critique and remediation.
- Executive Sign-off: code, version, and approve for release.
- Archive & Monitor: log assumptions; set review cadence.
- Velien QC Certified badge on deliverables that pass full protocol.
- Issue code + version on briefs, whitepapers, and licensed frameworks.
- Deprecation policy for superseded versions to prevent model drift.
Discretion, Not Display
Quality is inseparable from confidentiality. References and case notes are available upon request and under NDA.
Engage With Confidence
If our standards align with yours, we’ll recommend the right path — advisory, briefing, or partnership.