Observe
OCO identifies a new, changing, or inefficient regulatory requirement.
Method
Initial assessment
OCO validates a regulatory requirement before development begins.
OCO confirms the legal trigger, responsible actor, required evidence, authoritative source, operational cost, potential payer, lawful access path, and consequence of failure.
Qualification criteria
01Rule and actor02Cost and payer03Access and evidence
DecisionBuildPartnerMonitorReject
Operating sequence
The method has ten steps.
The sequence determines whether the requirement is valid, whether the necessary participants and sources are available, whether the proposed implementation is lawful, and whether the work has sufficient operational value.
Qualify
OCO confirms that the requirement is mandatory, recurring, costly, supported by an authoritative source, and associated with a potential payer.
Coordinate
OCO identifies the authority, association, regulated organizations, and responsible professionals involved.
Map
OCO documents the legal event, current process, evidence, systems, exceptions, and consequences of failure.
Design
OCO defines the data model, protocol, confirmation model, governance, and technical architecture.
Pilot
OCO implements one defined requirement with two to five regulated design partners.
Validate
OCO measures rejection rates, processing time, data quality, cost, auditability, and adoption.
Standardize
OCO documents and maintains the accepted implementation when standardization is appropriate.
Operate
OCO provides integrations, support, security controls, and regulatory updates.
Reuse
OCO applies suitable common components to another requirement or sector.
Initial study
The initial study takes up to 90 days.
The study defines one mandatory event, tests the minimum lawful technical mechanism, and produces a documented implementation decision.
| Phase | Focus | Required result |
|---|---|---|
| Days 1–15 · Define | Legal trigger, actor, evidence, authority, deadline, consequence, workaround, payer. | One exact mandatory event with an explicit uncertainty register. |
| Days 16–40 · Validate | Authority, association, companies, professionals, redacted cases, forms, portals, rejections. | Validated operational pain, legal boundary, access path, and participant map. |
| Days 41–65 · Design | Common data model, confirmation model, source receipt, privacy controls, reference workflow. | Smallest lawful technical mechanism tested with synthetic or authorized historical cases. |
| Days 66–90 · Paid pilot | Bounded workflow, measurable outcomes, committed participants. | Two paying design partners or equivalent written commitments before full development. |
Study decision
The study produces a defined decision.
OCO may proceed with implementation, conduct a pilot with authority involvement, work with an established provider, monitor the regulation, or reject the opportunity. OCO stops when there is no viable payer, no lawful access, insufficient regulatory maturity, no technical differentiation, or disproportionate liability.