VIP Milestone 19: Build Your Publication Evidence and Review System

July 29, 2026

Self-Publishing Path · Milestone 19 · Build — VIP

Publication Evidence and Review System

Govern evidence definitions, source quality, review windows, interpretation, decisions and learning across the author catalogue.

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Governance 1

Assign review authority

Evidence owner and review leadFinancial, reader, platform and campaign source ownersFinal decision authority

Governance 2

Define evidence standards

Verified fact definitionReader report and sample limitation ruleInterpretation, hypothesis and unknown labelling rulesProhibited conclusions

Governance 3

Build the source authority register

Source	Owner	Coverage	Reliability/limitation	Retention location	Last verified

Governance 4

Choose review triggers and cadence

Scheduled review cadence chosen for this catalogueIncident, rights, price, platform and reader triggersMinimum evidence before major change

Governance 5

Control metrics and costs

Metrics that matter and whyMetrics explicitly not used as success proxiesActual-cost tracking method in CADCurrency/source notes for platform reports

Governance 6

Govern publication decisions

Decision options and evidence thresholdsProtected strengths and regression risksEarlier-milestone return rulesApproval, version and recheck requirements

Governance 7

Authorize the review system

System baseline ID/dateApproved sources, cadence and decision rulesStatus

Bounded AI audits

Source-completeness auditClassification auditPattern and data-gap auditDecision-evidence audit

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