Agentic AI Transformation

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Escalation paths (update existing)Add boundary-violation and tool-misuse escalationsCOOOperational Risk Lead (Escalation Integration)AccountabilityGovernanceXS
Enhanced agent observability requirements (incl drift triggers)Monitor autonomy patterns, overrides and driftCOO (with CRO)AI/Agent Observability Lead (Ops)ControlsGovernanceM
Fallback mechanismsTest governed fallback and degrade modesCOOAI/Agent Operations Lead (Runbooks and Safe Modes)ControlsGovernanceM
Business sponsorship and ownershipAssign business ownership for agent outcomesCOOBusiness Product Owner Network / Process OwnersOperating model and committeesGovernanceXS
Programme governance cadence (forums, packs, KPIs)Establish operating cadence for agent governanceCOOProgramme Director (Agentic AI) / PMO LeadOperating model and committeesGovernanceS
Scenario stress-testingStress-test end-to-end autonomous workflowsCOO (with CRO)AI Resilience Testing Lead / Red Team LeadRisk managementGovernanceM
Adoption measurement and reinforcementMeasure adoption through workflow outcomesCOOChange Adoption Analytics LeadCulture and change managementPeopleS
Communications and narrativeExplain autonomy, boundaries and benefits clearlyCOOInternal Comms Lead (with AI Programme Director)Culture and change managementPeopleS
New roles (Agent product owner, AgentOps, AI stewards)Create explicit roles for agent lifecycle ownershipCOOOperating Model Lead (AI/Agent Ops)Roles and organisation designPeopleS
Operating model and organisational design for squads and platformsOrganise squads and platforms for agent fleetsCOOTarget Operating Model Lead (AI)Roles and organisation designPeopleM
Feedback collection, triage, and change implementationCreate managed loop for feedback and fixesCOOProduct Operations Lead (Agent Services)Continuous improvementProcess & toolingS
Process metrics and maturity trackingTrack control, adoption and outcome maturityCOOOperational Excellence Lead (with AI Governance input)Continuous improvementProcess & toolingS
Post-incident review and remediation workflowRun PIRs on autonomy and control failuresCOOOperational Risk / Incident Review LeadLifecycle managementProcess & toolingS
Operational monitoring (uptime, latency, cost)Monitor agent workload, latency, cost and dependenciesCOOSRE Lead / Operations Observability LeadMonitoring and observabilityProcess & toolingM
Outcome monitoring and role-based reportingReport outcomes, quality and business impactCOOBusiness Performance Analytics Lead (with AI Ops)Monitoring and observabilityProcess & toolingM
Process conformance and measurementCheck process conformance against real operationsCOOProcess Mining / Conformance LeadProcess standardisationProcess & toolingM
Process discovery, mapping, and documentationDocument processes, controls and exceptionsCOOBusiness Process Management (BPM) LeadProcess standardisationProcess & toolingM
Standard operating procedures and playbooksCreate playbooks for agent operationsCOOOperations Excellence / Runbook OwnerProcess standardisationProcess & toolingM
Fallback and safe-state designDesign safe states and manual overridesCOO (with CIO)SRE Lead for AI/Agent ServicesArchitectureTechnologyM
Scalability and resilience engineeringEngineer resilient always-on agent servicesCOO (with CIO)Head of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)InfrastructureTechnologyL
Incident response and crisis playbooksAdd agent-specific incident response playbooksCISO (with COO)Security Operations Lead + AI Incident Response LeadRisk managementGovernanceS
Behaviour monitoring (actions, tool use)Track tool calls, overrides and failuresCRO (with COO)AI/Agent Monitoring Product OwnerMonitoring and observabilityProcess & toolingM