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Operating guidance for work that crosses systems and teams.
Twenty-two practical articles on process design, governance, implementation, finance, procurement, service, and shared operations.
How to move from a compelling use case to a process that can be implemented, governed, and operated.
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Start with the decisions that shape the program.
How to Choose the First Process for Agent Automation
A practical way to select a process with a clear boundary, accountable owner, measurable friction, and manageable exception profile.
3 min read · July 2026Governance & ControlsBuilding a Risk Register for Agent Workflows
Translate AI, process, integration, and operational risks into named controls, owners, evidence, and review cadence.
2 min read · July 2026Field GuideDesigning a Controlled Accounts Payable Agent Workflow
Coordinate invoice intake, extraction, matching, exception review, approval, and ERP preparation without weakening finance controls.
2 min read · July 2026Operational Design
Shape the work before choosing the tool.
6 practical perspectives for enterprise teams.
How to Choose the First Process for Agent Automation
A practical way to select a process with a clear boundary, accountable owner, measurable friction, and manageable exception profile.
A Process Diagnostic That Produces a Buildable Scope
Turn interviews and process maps into a decision inventory, integration map, control boundary, and implementation-ready statement of work.
Designing an Exception Taxonomy Before You Automate
Classify missing context, policy conflicts, system failures, and out-of-scope requests so each exception has a safe route and accountable owner.
Human Approval Without Creating a New Bottleneck
Place human decisions where authority, uncertainty, or material impact requires them—and provide enough context for a decisive review.
Protecting Systems of Record in Agent Workflows
Define where context is read, where decisions are made, which actions are permitted, and which system owns the final business record.
Where LLM Reasoning Ends and Deterministic Automation Begins
Use reasoning for variable context and deterministic execution for controlled actions instead of forcing one technology across the entire process.
Governance & Controls
Keep authority, evidence, and risk visible.
6 practical perspectives for enterprise teams.
Building a Risk Register for Agent Workflows
Translate AI, process, integration, and operational risks into named controls, owners, evidence, and review cadence.
Segregation of Duties in Agent Automation
Preserve initiation, review, approval, execution, and oversight boundaries when one workflow coordinates multiple systems and teams.
Access Provisioning for a Dedicated Automation Tenant
Design customer-admin invitations, role assignment, service identities, periodic review, and offboarding around the process boundary.
What an Audit Trail Should Capture in an Agent Workflow
Record the trigger, context, version, decision, approval, action, exception, and final outcome needed to reconstruct a material workflow run.
Failure Modes to Test Before an Agent Can Use Tools
Test prompt injection, excessive agency, invalid arguments, duplicate actions, unavailable systems, and ambiguous results before production use.
Data Minimization for Agent Workflows
Limit collection, retrieval, prompt context, logs, and retention to the personal and business data required for the approved process.
Implementation
Turn a process model into an operating system.
5 practical perspectives for enterprise teams.
What a Strong Agent Automation SOW Should Contain
Define process scope, responsibilities, integrations, controls, acceptance criteria, change procedure, and commercial assumptions in one shared contract.
Implementation Readiness for Agent Automation
Evaluate APIs, interfaces, identities, environments, data quality, error behavior, and system ownership before committing to the build.
User Acceptance Testing for Agent Workflows
Test standard work, edge cases, approvals, exceptions, permissions, and record updates with the people who own the process.
From Pilot to Production: Rollout and Hypercare
Use controlled release, clear ownership, operational telemetry, and a finite hypercare plan to move from test cases to real work.
Baseline the Process Before You Claim Automation Value
Measure volume, cycle time, touch time, rework, exceptions, service outcomes, and control performance before implementation.
Field Guide
Apply the principles to real operating domains.
5 practical perspectives for enterprise teams.
Designing a Controlled Accounts Payable Agent Workflow
Coordinate invoice intake, extraction, matching, exception review, approval, and ERP preparation without weakening finance controls.
A Better Procurement Request Intake Workflow
Improve request quality, policy routing, budget context, approvals, and requester communication before sourcing work begins.
Designing Escalation in AI-Assisted Customer Service
Combine case context, policy boundaries, customer impact, and specialist ownership so sensitive or uncertain work reaches the right person.
A Routing Model for Enterprise Shared Services
Classify requests, assemble context, assign accountable teams, coordinate fulfillment, and keep cross-functional status visible.
Building an Automation Business Case Finance Can Review
Connect process evidence, delivery cost, operating cost, risk, adoption, and measurable outcomes instead of relying on generic time-saved claims.
Working session
Apply the guidance to a real process.
Bring its inputs, systems, decisions, controls, and recurring exceptions to a working session.