From 0% to 70%: How to Eliminate Duplication and Scale What Works

Most innovation work starts at zero—new docs, new pipelines, new validations. Flip that script. Standardize the reusable 70%—templates, pipelines, evidence, SOP snippets—so teams only craft the 30% that’s truly novel. The result: faster pilots, cleaner compliance, and repeatable scale across sites and studies.

The 70% Principle for Innovation Ops 

Your goal is a reusable spine of pre‑validated assets that every project can clone: templates, pipelines, connectors, and checklists. Treat them as products with owners, versioning, and change control—so reuse is the default, not the exception.

Five Moves to Eliminate Duplication 

1) Stand up a Reuse Registry.  Central, searchable library of:  

• Reference pipelines (data ingestion, model lifecycle, deployment tracks)  

• Validation evidence modules (CSA‑ready test charters, risk rationales)  

• SOP language blocks (ready‑to‑insert sections for standard changes)  

• Security & data‑class patterns  (Owners, versions, and applicability clearly labeled.) 

  
  

2) Make Platforms the Product.  Provide standardized landing zones, CI/CD templates, registries, and golden paths—funded centrally—so teams don’t rebuild tooling. Publish exit criteria for Explore → Pilot → Validate → Scale and link them to every project record.

3) Modularize Your Evidence (CSA > CSV).  Pre‑approve test patterns by risk tier. Store evidence by component (not by project) so the same module satisfies multiple initiatives without copy‑paste. Automate capture where possible. 

4) Codify “Guardrails, Not Gates.”  Provide green/yellow/red guidance for data classes, tools, and integrations. If a team stays in the green, they proceed; yellow requires light‑touch review; red triggers council escalation. 

5) Measure Reuse Like a Product KPI.  

• % of project artifacts sourced from the registry  

• Time saved vs. baseline  

• Duplicate patterns retired per quarter  

• Pilot→Production lead time and breadth of adoption in 90 days after scale

Your “70% Kit” (what to publish this week) 

• Stage Gate checklists with required artifacts per phase  

• Reference pipeline (with IaC + CI/CD skeleton)  

• Validation evidence modules (risk rationale + test charters)  

• SOP language blocks and security templates  

• Decision log schema + examples linked to the registry  All of the above should be linked from the same home page and tagged for search.

Change Management That Sticks 

Integrate training and role impacts into each rollout. Revise SOPs from the beginning and incorporate adoption prompts (e.g., “refer to the registry before constructing”). Acknowledge teams that eliminate redundant assets.

Pro Tip

By Friday, ship your first 70% Kit and require new projects to start from it.