Regulation
What harm are we trying to reduce?
If the answer is a list of activities, the regulatory objective is not yet clear enough.
Thinking
Questions worth answering before you spend the money.
Duties
Can the duty be operated?
A duty needs a practical model for behaviour, risk, evidence, decisions, intervention and escalation—not just legal wording.
Technology
Are we buying software before designing the work?
Unclear operating models become expensive technology requirements. Define the regulatory work first.
Portfolio
Would we approve this investment today?
Sunk cost is not a reason to continue. Re-test the problem, value, capacity, dependencies and benefits.
Performance
Are we measuring activity or impact?
Cases closed and inspections completed may matter operationally. They do not, by themselves, show whether harm or risk changed.
Delivery
Where will this design fail in practice?
Look at the hand-offs between policy, regulatory operations, legal, customer, data, technology, procurement and delivery. That is often where the real risk sits.