Ricardo de la Vega https://rdelavega.lat/insights/ Program recovery, enterprise delivery and AI governance. en Evaluation Is the Product https://rdelavega.lat/insights/evaluation-is-the-product/ https://rdelavega.lat/insights/evaluation-is-the-product/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Ninety four percent accurate is not an evaluation. What a regulated environment actually requires, and why a reviewer with no criteria is worse than no reviewer at all. Your AI Pilot Was Never Going to Production https://rdelavega.lat/insights/ai-pilot-production/ https://rdelavega.lat/insights/ai-pilot-production/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The demo worked. Everyone was impressed. Eighteen months later, nothing is in production. The model was never the problem. What the Status Report Is Actually Saying https://rdelavega.lat/insights/status-report-truth/ https://rdelavega.lat/insights/status-report-truth/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Everyone reads the status report. Almost nobody reads it correctly. The real information is not in the RAG rating. It is in the language that changed since last week. Scope Is Not the Problem https://rdelavega.lat/insights/scope-is-not-the-problem/ https://rdelavega.lat/insights/scope-is-not-the-problem/ Fri, 01 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Scope creep is the most blamed cause of program failure. It is almost never the real one. The problem was already there before the first requirement changed. The Program Is Not Late. It Is Dead. https://rdelavega.lat/insights/program-not-late-its-dead/ https://rdelavega.lat/insights/program-not-late-its-dead/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 A delayed program has an execution problem. A dead program has lost the conditions that would make recovery possible. The difference matters more than anyone wants to admit. Why Program Recovery Fails in the First 30 Days https://rdelavega.lat/insights/recovery-fails-first-30-days/ https://rdelavega.lat/insights/recovery-fails-first-30-days/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Most programs that fail do not fail because of bad execution. They fail because nobody is willing to say out loud what everyone already knows. The Difference Between a PM and a Program Recovery Lead https://rdelavega.lat/insights/pm-vs-recovery-lead/ https://rdelavega.lat/insights/pm-vs-recovery-lead/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000 When a program is in trouble, the first instinct is usually to find a better project manager. That instinct is wrong. Five Signs Your Program Has a Structural Problem, Not an Execution Problem https://rdelavega.lat/insights/structural-vs-execution/ https://rdelavega.lat/insights/structural-vs-execution/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Programs fail in two ways. Execution failure is visible. Structural failure hides behind execution symptoms until it is too late.