Study decisions, not menu locations
AB-730 preparation should center on business tasks and responsible decisions. For every scenario, ask what outcome is needed, which evidence is approved, what the AI may assist with, which human remains accountable, and how the result will be checked.
Interface details change. Durable understanding comes from being able to frame work, choose an appropriate Copilot-assisted pattern, validate output, and protect organizational information.
Use a five-part prompt contract
Write prompts with task, context, approved sources, output contract, and quality checks. Add audience, tone, examples, and constraints only when they change the business result. When a task is recurring, version the template and record its owner and review date.
- Task: the decision or artifact needed
- Context: role, audience, and relevant facts
- Sources: what may support the response
- Output: format, length, fields, or structure
- Checks: evidence, uncertainty, accessibility, privacy, and next action
Evaluate the complete workflow
A useful output is accurate, supported, complete enough for its purpose, accessible, appropriately toned, and efficient to review. Compare it with a baseline and record correction burden. A faster draft that requires extensive factual repair is not a successful workflow.
Protect trust
Use only organization-approved tools, identities, connectors, and sources. Minimize pasted content. Verify sharing and retention behavior. Disclose material AI assistance where policy or context requires it. Escalate sensitive, consequential, or ambiguous decisions to the appropriate human.
Common scenario pattern
| Question | Strong response |
|---|---|
| The answer is fluent but unsupported | Return to approved sources and verify claims |
| Sources conflict | Surface the conflict and ask the owner to resolve authority |
| The task affects people materially | Increase review, evidence, transparency, and human decision control |
| A team wants adoption metrics | Measure outcomes and correction burden, not activity alone |
Practical checklist
- Each practice error mapped to an objective
- Prompt templates tested with edge cases
- Generated claims verified
- Sensitive-content handling documented
- Accessibility review included
- Official Microsoft status checked before scheduling
First-party sources
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