From investment hypothesis to approved strategy — under governance.
Kalawer models the quant lifecycle as an explicit, auditable sequence of stages. Each stage produces artefacts a validator, risk manager, or auditor can inspect later.
Lifecycle stages
Hypothesis
Pilot MVPAssumptions, universe, and expected drivers are framed as a structured record — not a slide deck.
Evidence
Pilot MVPMetrics and artefacts are imported with source-tagged provenance. Incomplete evidence cannot advance.
Validation
Pilot MVPAn independent validator — distinct from the author — challenges the record and can block promotion until findings are addressed.
Risk
Pilot MVPLimits, exposure boundaries, and known failure modes are first-class fields the risk manager can require remediation on.
Approval
Pilot MVPNamed human decisions from the investment committee are recorded as immutable, attributed events.
Controlled deployment
Future VisionDeployment orchestration is part of the broader operating-system vision and is not included in the paid pilot scope.
Stages labelled Pilot MVP are the delivery scope of the paid design-partner pilot. Controlled deployment sits in the broaderVision.