Revenue assurance patterns: banking → utilities

A practical way to get signal from a small set of checks before building a large analytics layer.

The trap

Teams often jump straight to a complex analytics program when they really need a few durable checks that catch errors early.

A simpler pattern

1. Define the money flow end-to-end (inputs → transformations → outputs).
2. Pick three invariants that should always hold.
3. Automate only those checks first, then expand based on what you learn.

Why this works

You get a tight feedback loop and reduce risk while keeping scope under control.