Control Objectives
Strategic Alignment Verification
Ensure every AI agent initiative is explicitly linked to strategic business objectives and initiatives, preventing resource investment in misaligned projects.
Agents misaligned with business objectives
% agents linked to strategic initiatives
Portfolio Rationalization
Identify and consolidate redundant or overlapping agent capabilities across the enterprise to optimize resource utilization and reduce maintenance burden.
Redundant or overlapping agents
Number of duplicate capabilities identified
Demand Intake Standardization
Establish a formal intake process for all new agent requests to prevent uncontrolled proliferation and ensure proper evaluation before development begins.
Uncontrolled agent proliferation
% requests through formal intake process
Investment Governance
Implement rigorous evaluation of capital allocation to agent initiatives, including ROI projections and post-implementation validation.
Poor capital allocation to agent initiatives
ROI projection accuracy vs. actuals
Dependency Mapping Completeness
Document all dependencies between agents and other systems to prevent cascade failures and enable impact analysis for changes.
Cascade failures from unknown dependencies
% agents with documented dependencies
Agent Catalog Completeness
Maintain a comprehensive registry of all production agents to eliminate shadow agents operating outside governance oversight.
Shadow agents unknown to governance
% production agents registered in catalog
Retirement Planning
Define sunset criteria for all agents at inception to prevent legacy agent accumulation and ensure orderly decommissioning.
Legacy agent accumulation
% agents with defined sunset criteria
Strategic Risk Assessment
Conduct comprehensive risk assessments for agentic strategy including vendor lock-in, technology obsolescence, and organizational readiness.
Unidentified risks in agentic strategy
Risk assessment completion rate
Quick Reference
| ID | Objective | Primary Risk Addressed | Key Metric |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLN-01 | Strategic Alignment Verification | Agents misaligned with business objectives | % agents linked to strategic initiatives |
| PLN-02 | Portfolio Rationalization | Redundant or overlapping agents | Number of duplicate capabilities identified |
| PLN-03 | Demand Intake Standardization | Uncontrolled agent proliferation | % requests through formal intake process |
| PLN-04 | Investment Governance | Poor capital allocation to agent initiatives | ROI projection accuracy vs. actuals |
| PLN-05 | Dependency Mapping Completeness | Cascade failures from unknown dependencies | % agents with documented dependencies |
| PLN-06 | Agent Catalog Completeness | Shadow agents unknown to governance | % production agents registered in catalog |
| PLN-07 | Retirement Planning | Legacy agent accumulation | % agents with defined sunset criteria |
| PLN-08 | Strategic Risk Assessment | Unidentified risks in agentic strategy | Risk assessment completion rate |