Daily
Standup + blocker board. Security/IT embedded so approvals become continuous.
Method
An ops plan that ships.
We run focused missions in secure environments. The deliverable is deployed capability and internal builders.
Inputs we require
- Focus — 10–20 builders at 100% for 8–12 weeks.
- Sponsor — exec with unblock authority and attendance at demos.
- Access — workflow owner embedded; data pathways defined.
- Environment — secure dev/test with path to non‑prod/prod.
- Decision rights — scope control and ship/no‑ship criteria.
Cadence
Weekly demos. Daily unblocking. Monthly capability board.
Weekly
Demo in the workflow with real users and logs. Scope is adjusted before it endangers deployment.
Monthly
Capability board: leadership review with acceptance criteria tied to operational outcomes.
Artifacts that ship
Every sprint produces evidence, not narratives.
Capability
- Deployable MVP embedded in a real workflow.
- Instrumentation.
- Safety controls (guardrails, HITL, escalation paths).
Transfer
- AI-First interface pack: contracts, tests, swap instructions.
- Replication playbook: permissions, runbook, failure modes.
- Evidence pack: scans, evals, approvals, rollback plan.
Pod support
Guidance, not hand‑holding.
A small expert Pod supports the cohort with architecture reviews, evaluation harnesses, DevSecOps patterns, and unblock lanes—while the cohort owns delivery end‑to‑end.
- Architecture — AI-First-first contracts and explicit dependencies.
- Model evaluation — harnesses, red-team tests, regression gates.
- Secure delivery — CI/CD + compliance automation.
- Unblock lane — repo approvals, environment access, data pathways.
If you can’t free people, don’t pretend you want transformation.
Thin allocation is the default failure mode. We design to avoid it.