Standards (QC Protocol™)
The quality system that governs every Velien framework—from release to retirement. The QC Protocol™ ensures decisions are traceable, evidence-based, and safe to implement in the real world.
What the QC Protocol™ Guarantees
Independence
Methods are reviewed by an internal/external bench with no delivery quota or sales target.
Evidence Before Opinion
Assumptions, sources, and validation windows are logged and versioned—no hidden logic.
Risk-Weighted Rigor
Higher potential impact → tighter bands, longer validation, explicit kill-switch rules.
Peer Review & Cadence
Every active framework is reviewed on a set cadence and whenever a triggering event occurs.
- Quarterly Review: baseline checks, attribution, drift scan, change proposals.
- Event-Driven Review: breach of confidence band, incident report, or new data regime.
- Change Classes: Minor (vX.Y.z), Major (vX.Y), Replacement (vX+1).
- Backtest/live divergence beyond tolerance
- Material market structure change
- Recurring exceptions in execution logs
All reviews record attendees, decisions, dissent, and next checks.
Windows, Regimes & Confidence Bands
Out-of-Sample
Hold-outs and cross-validation guard against overfitting. Report both hit rate and cost-of-error.
Regime Tests
Stress under different volatility, liquidity, and correlation regimes; publish failure conditions.
Confidence Bands
Expected error ranges documented; actions scale to band width—not binary on/off.
Evidence Log & Changelog
Every framework ships with a version ID and a durable evidence log:
- Sources & lineage (refresh cadence, license, data rights)
- Assumptions (what must be true; known limits)
- Validation notes (windows, regimes, observed error)
- What changed & why (with tickets/refs)
- Impact assessment (risk & scope)
- Migration guidance for practices
Drift Monitoring & Kill-Switch
Drift Signals
Divergence vs. validation band, exception spikes, or exogenous rule breaks trigger review.
Kill-Switch
Temporary halt with reversion-to-baseline rules; requires dual approval and post-mortem.
Post-Incident
Root-cause analysis; corrective actions; future prevention notes; public note in changelog.
Deprecation Rules
We retire frameworks when assumptions break, better designs emerge, or risk outweighs benefit.
- Announce EOL window and successor, if any
- Provide migration steps & compatibility notes
- Archive artifacts for audit with last-known good config
Practices receive deprecation advisories and owner checklists; public notes appear on Papers.
How We Protect Data & Decisions
Least-Privilege Access
Role-based controls; approval logs; periodic entitlement reviews.
Data Handling
Encryption in transit/at rest; origin tracking; retention and deletion schedules.
Conflicts & Disclosure
Conflict registry; independence statements; disclosure footers on public work.
Roles, Approvals & SLAs
Method Lead
Owns design, evidence, and proposal of changes. SLA: review packet 48h before meeting.
Peer Reviewers
Independent challenge, replication, red-team notes. SLA: decisions within 5 business days.
Practice Owner
Implements changes; maintains exception logs; reports incidents within 24h.
A review quorum is required for major changes; dissent is recorded verbatim.
Apply the Standards with AI Wealth Strategist™
Velien sets the standards; our practice AI Wealth Strategist™ installs them with clients through The Strategic Capital Shift™. Begin discreetly, then move into a defendable 90-day plan.
- Trigger & Guardrail Matrix™
- Exception & Post-Trade Logs
- Approval RACI with SLAs
- Versioned playbooks & changelog
From Standards to Stewardship
If the QC Protocol™ aligns with your governance needs, begin with a confidential briefing—or move straight into the Diagnostic to receive a 90-day, owner-assigned plan.
For informational purposes only; not investment, legal, or tax advice. AI Wealth Strategist™ is a Velien Group™ practice.