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SECTION IV - PHASE 3

Lifecycle Governance: Build Time

Development standards and quality gates ensure agents are built securely and reliably. Build Time controls catch defects, vulnerabilities, and non-compliance before deployment.

7 Control Objectives
Development Standards
Quality Gates

Control Objectives

BLD-01

Development Standards Adherence

Enforce consistent coding standards and practices across all agent development to ensure maintainability and reduce technical debt.

Primary Risk Addressed

Inconsistent code quality and practices

Key Metric

Code standards compliance rate

BLD-02

Quality Gate Enforcement

Implement mandatory quality gates that all agents must pass before proceeding to production deployment.

Primary Risk Addressed

Defective agents reaching production

Key Metric

% agents passing all quality gates

BLD-03

Security Scanning Coverage

Ensure all agent code undergoes security scanning (static and dynamic analysis) to identify vulnerabilities before deployment.

Primary Risk Addressed

Vulnerabilities in agent code

Key Metric

% agents with security scan completed

BLD-04

Test Coverage Adequacy

Maintain adequate test coverage including unit tests, integration tests, and agent-specific behavioral tests to detect defects early.

Primary Risk Addressed

Undetected defects

Key Metric

Test coverage percentage

BLD-05

CI/CD Pipeline Compliance

Ensure all deployments occur through approved CI/CD pipelines with proper controls, eliminating manual, error-prone deployment processes.

Primary Risk Addressed

Manual, error-prone deployments

Key Metric

% deployments through approved pipelines

BLD-06

Documentation Completeness

Ensure all agents have complete documentation including architecture decisions, API specifications, and operational runbooks.

Primary Risk Addressed

Unmaintainable agents

Key Metric

% agents meeting documentation standards

BLD-07

Dependency Security

Monitor and remediate vulnerabilities in third-party dependencies and components used by agents.

Primary Risk Addressed

Vulnerable third-party components

Key Metric

Known vulnerabilities in dependencies

Quick Reference

ID Objective Primary Risk Addressed Key Metric
BLD-01 Development Standards Adherence Inconsistent code quality and practices Code standards compliance rate
BLD-02 Quality Gate Enforcement Defective agents reaching production % agents passing all quality gates
BLD-03 Security Scanning Coverage Vulnerabilities in agent code % agents with security scan completed
BLD-04 Test Coverage Adequacy Undetected defects Test coverage percentage
BLD-05 CI/CD Pipeline Compliance Manual, error-prone deployments % deployments through approved pipelines
BLD-06 Documentation Completeness Unmaintainable agents % agents meeting documentation standards
BLD-07 Dependency Security Vulnerable third-party components Known vulnerabilities in dependencies
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