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The MVP

Prove one complete release-readiness workflow.

The MVP is not a miniature version of every long-term feature. It is one useful loop for a real enterprise AI-agent release—from imported scope to a reconstructable human decision.

Design-partner pilot1–3

governed releases

8–12 weeks of live context

Six capabilities

Small enough to build. Complete enough to buy.

Each capability is necessary to move from analysis to accountable action and decision.

Design-partner pilotOne real release proves the complete loop.
01Connectapproved scope
02Registeragent + release
03Analyzereview impacts
04Coordinatecreate work
05Deciderecord evidence
06Learnmeasure result
BaselineManual release process
EvidenceTime · quality · trust
Sponsor decisionExpand · revise · stop
01

Agent + release registry

Connect the owner, purpose, users, tools, data, risk class, release, and intended business outcome.

02

Assisted impact assessment

From an Azure DevOps epic and approved documents, propose affected processes, roles, systems, controls, and readiness work.

03

Readiness gate

Evaluate versioned obligations, evidence, approvals, thresholds, exceptions, and an explainable release recommendation.

04

Native write-back

Create owned readiness tasks in Azure DevOps and reconcile their native status without duplicate planning.

05

Release Room + Teams brief

Give decision-makers one view and owners a concise weekly list of evidence-backed actions.

06

Outcome definition

Require a baseline, target, source, measurement period, and accountable benefit owner.

Ideal design partner

A Microsoft-centric enterprise putting internal AI agents into production.

The organization has strong delivery tools but still coordinates impact and readiness through meetings, spreadsheets, and disconnected artifacts.

5–30agents or automations
1business unit
5–10registered agents
1–3upcoming releases
Pilot connection scope
  • Azure DevOpsone organization, selected projects
  • SharePointone approved document scope
  • Teamsone configured destination
  • Entraselected groups and owners
  • Agent evidenceone Foundry or Copilot source
  • Outcomeone optional curated metric

The pilot journey

A real decision, not a staged demonstration.

The pilot follows one release deeply enough to measure quality, effort, reliability, and usefulness.

  1. 01Register agent and release
  2. 02Import epic and selected documents
  3. 03Generate and review impact paths
  4. 04Create policy obligations and native work
  5. 05Collect evidence and scoped approvals
  6. 06Calculate the readiness recommendation
  7. 07Record the accountable human decision
  8. 08Publish the brief and begin observation

What success looks like

Measure decision quality and coordination—not feature count.

Pilot targets are agreed before work begins so the sponsor can make an evidence-based expand, revise, or stop decision.

80%

of material impacts identified before formal release review

30%

less manual time assembling the release decision package

100%

of recommendations traceable to policy and evidence

0

unauthorized or duplicate write-back actions

In the MVP

Registry, impact proposals, policy gate, evidence, Azure DevOps write-back, Teams brief, minimal outcome definition.

Not in the MVP

Automated deployment, autonomous approval, broad chat ingestion, CMDB replacement, predictive risk models, full outcome attribution.

Start with one real release

Make readiness visible before production makes gaps expensive.

See the MVP