Start with the work, not the environment label
Define one workflow with a clear input, reviewer, and intended result. “Cloud,” “on premises,” and “edge” are not complete deployment requirements. A useful discussion identifies the specific tasks that need to run, the information they require, and the people responsible for the result.
Agree on what success looks like for that workflow and how it will be demonstrated. Keep proposed extensions separate from the functions that will be available in the initial configuration.
Define the information and access boundaries
Identify the source systems, approved interfaces, permitted data, and identity services. Establish who can retrieve information, who can review outputs, and which accounts are allowed to perform downstream actions.
For information sharing, document the recipient and release process. Where security boundaries are crossed, identify the independently approved enforcement mechanism. A workflow application is not a replacement for that boundary control.
Choose the model and tool configuration
Specify which model providers are available and whether processing must remain on local infrastructure. Consider the data each model can receive, the tools it can call, and the budgets or resource limits appropriate to the task.
Do not assume that changing the model leaves the workflow behavior unchanged. Plan to evaluate the configured model and tools against the actual task and expected failure cases.
Be explicit about disconnected behavior
For limited-connectivity operations, name the functions that must remain available locally. Identify the local data and model requirements, hardware constraints, and behavior when a required remote dependency is unavailable.
Describe reconnection and reconciliation behavior. Agree on how the implementation handles stale context, conflicting changes, repeated actions, and records that cannot yet be synchronized.
Define acceptance and operating responsibility
Confirm the selected integrations, supported actions, test evidence, and operational constraints. Review the authorized path and the failure path: denied access, missing evidence, unavailable tools, and a reviewer who declines the proposed action.
Assign responsibility for security assessment, authorization, monitoring, model configuration, and ongoing changes. Product controls and deployment options support that work; they do not replace environment-specific review or approval.
Basis: VOR’s published platform and deployment descriptions, together with the illustrative solution patterns in this site. Guides do not establish a certification, deployed integration, or specific operational result. VOR platform reference ↗