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§3

The 7 failure modes this framework prevents

The framework is structured around the seven failure modes called out in the brief, plus the source articles' analysis of why each one happens.

#Failure modeWhat it looks likeWhere this framework addresses it
1MessyRandom employees building random agents on random platforms. Nobody knows what exists.§6–§8 (CoE + operating model), §15 (registry), §13 (artifacts)
2Non-scalableEach team reinvents intake, prompts, evaluation, tooling, infrastructure.§9 Pillar 4 (reusable building blocks), §16 (approved stack), §6.3 (CoE evolution to advisory)
3Non-maintainableAgents pile up. Nobody dares retire them. Prompts and tools drift.§11.2 (per-agent lifecycle), §9 Pillar 4 (versioning + deprecation), §13 (retirement checklist)
4Non-secureAgents have unbounded data access, no scoped credentials, no incident plan. Prompt injection lands.§17 (privileged identities), §19–§20 (guardrails + control mechanisms), §25 (security), §26 (procurement)
5Non-responsibleBias, hallucination, opaque decisions, no disclosure, no accountability.§18 (responsible AI), §4 (core principles), §10 (risk classification)
6No trackingNo record of who deployed what, what data it sees, what decisions it has made.§15 (registry), §24 (observability), §13 (artifacts)
7No monitoringQuarterly audits at best; bad outputs run for weeks before anyone notices.§21 (monitoring signals), §24 (observability), §20 (control mechanisms)