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[Ep 056] AI Agent Strategy: 7 Deliverables to Lock In Before Development


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Most AI agent initiatives do not fail in the build. They fail in the planning, where six teams each carry a ninety percent plan and nobody agrees on what success looks like. In this episode of ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ: ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—”๐—œ, ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด and ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป of ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ walk through the seven deliverables every organization should lock in before building a single agent.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—น๐—น ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป:

  • The three pre-execution phases: Assess, Initial Architecture, and Initializing Execution
  • How to build a use case value model with KPIs an agent can actually move
  • Running a platform fit assessment so you do not end up paying for agents across six platforms
  • Why target state architecture for AI leans on data and integration, not system design
  • Building an agent evaluation framework that covers output quality, token cost, and security, not just KPIs


๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ:

CTOs, CIOs, engineering leaders, and business leaders who are responsible for turning โ€œgo build AIโ€ into a plan that actually delivers value.


๐—š๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ + ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†:

๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด and ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป lead AI implementation work at ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€. The seven-deliverable framework in this episode is what they have coalesced on after iterating across multiple agent engagements and rollouts.

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ง๐—”:

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๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ & ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€

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