| Trial outcome | Recommended response |
|---|---|
| Existing tools answer the question after configuration or training | Retain; buy nothing additional |
| A specialist supplies essential, verified evidence | Consider a narrowly scoped addition |
| A new package reproduces essentials and improves the workflow | Consider replacement after an exit test |
| Coverage or permissions remain unresolved | Defer commitment or negotiate a bounded pilot |
| A regional expert can resolve a contextual question the datasets cannot | Commission a defined assignment with evidence and conflict disclosures |
Quarterly action: Put one unresolved recruitment question, one named budget owner and one decision date on the first page of every supplier evaluation. Judge the purchase by the evidence it adds—not by the number of dashboards it removes or the confidence of its AI prose.
Evidence boundary: no comparable enterprise quotations, authorised production samples or club contracts were available. The outlook identifies what to test; it does not declare a supplier winner or forecast recruitment returns.