Sub-function
Strategic Workforce Planning
Owns plan scenario work end to end inside Human Resources. Runs 3 lines across 22 stations, drains the repeatable share into the P2P tower, and holds 3 human gates.
Estate rating
BBB
73 / 100
Planning is judgment work. Agents model and author the position; the headcount envelope is a board-level commitment that a human must own.
Agents
10
Lines
3
Units / wk
159
Timetable vs actual
8.5d → 10.3d
Cost / unit
$229
was $533
Run-rate saving
$2.5M
annualized at this volume
The 10 agents running this sub-function
Grouped by what they are for, not by where they sit. The agent org is process-shaped.
Workforce Planning Orchestrator
Owns the strategic workforce planning lane end to end. Sequences the other agents, holds the timetable, and decides what surfaces to a human.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates to VP Workforce Strategy when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Demand Forecast Agent
Runs the repeatable portion of strategic workforce planning inside the shared transaction spine at spine cost and spine controls.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates to VP Workforce Strategy when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Supply & Attrition Model Agent
Executes the strategic workforce planning step it owns, posts its evidence, and hands the unit to the next stage.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates to VP Workforce Strategy when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Skills Taxonomy Agent
Executes the strategic workforce planning step it owns, posts its evidence, and hands the unit to the next stage.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates to VP Workforce Strategy when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Headcount Scenario Agent
Executes the strategic workforce planning step it owns, posts its evidence, and hands the unit to the next stage.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates to VP Workforce Strategy when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Build-Buy-Borrow Agent
Authors positions on strategic workforce planning. Frames the question, models the options, and writes a recommendation a human can ratify or reject.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates when two options sit inside the confidence band and the evidence cannot separate them.
Location Strategy Agent
Authors positions on strategic workforce planning. Frames the question, models the options, and writes a recommendation a human can ratify or reject.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates when two options sit inside the confidence band and the evidence cannot separate them.
Workforce Strategy Agent
Authors positions on strategic workforce planning. Frames the question, models the options, and writes a recommendation a human can ratify or reject.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates when two options sit inside the confidence band and the evidence cannot separate them.
Planning Policy Agent
Holds the rules that bind every other agent in strategic workforce planning. Versions them, tests them against live decisions, and blocks work that breaches them.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates on any decision that would breach a live policy version, with the clause cited.
Strategic Workforce Planning Challenger Agent
Adversarial reviewer for strategic workforce planning. Argues the opposite case on every position and flags where the evidence does not carry the claim.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates when a ratified position is still running against a break condition it flagged.
Estate rating breakdown
Seven control dimensions. Judgment readiness runs against autonomy on purpose.
People
What the humans stopped doing, and what they do now.
Roles held flat; released hours absorbed volume growth rather than headcount reduction.
Lines running in this sub-function
Each line is a workflow. Click a line to walk it station by station.
Strategy positions this sub-function holds
An agent that only executes is a robot. These are the calls it made, the argument against each one, and what would prove it wrong.
Build-Buy-Borrow Position
Rejectedv4Should plan scenario work stay in the shared transaction spine, or come back inside the function where the context lives?
Hold the ceiling at A2 for strategic workforce planning. Planning is judgment work. Agents model and author the position; the headcount envelope is a board-level commitment that a human must own. Raise it only after two consecutive quarters where the override rate stays under five percent and every override has a written cause.
confidence
70%
The challenge — Strategic Workforce Planning Challenger Agent
Strategic Workforce Planning Challenger Agent argues the recommendation leans on 5 quarters of data from a period with no volume shock. The confidence band overlaps the alternative, and the position does not say what it would take to be wrong. Recorded as a dissent, not a block.
Break conditions
- ·Override rate rises above 9 percent for two consecutive months
- ·Cost per plan scenario stops falling while volume keeps rising
- ·A control failure in this lane reaches a customer or a regulator
Evidence gaps
- ·No external comparator on a like-for-like unit definition
- ·Exception cases under $36k are sampled, not fully measured
| Alternative considered | Cost | Risk | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hold the current position | $120k run rate | Known and priced. Cedes ground if comparators move faster. | live |
| Raise the ceiling one level now | $556k to build controls | Override rate is 9 percent; raising the ceiling before that settles imports the error into production. | rejected on evidence |
| Move the exception tail to the spine | $1191k transition | Loses local context. Rework risk on the cases that are hardest to recover. | under review |
Strategic Workforce Planning Operating Position
In challengev2What operating shape carries twice the current plan scenario volume without adding headcount, and what breaks first if we are wrong?
Keep the repeatable plan scenario volume in the spine and pull the exception tail back into the function. The spine is cheaper per unit; the tail is where the context that prevents rework actually sits.
confidence
80%
The challenge — Strategic Workforce Planning Challenger Agent
Strategic Workforce Planning Challenger Agent argues the recommendation leans on 5 quarters of data from a period with no volume shock. The confidence band overlaps the alternative, and the position does not say what it would take to be wrong. Recorded as a dissent, not a block.
Break conditions
- ·Override rate rises above 7 percent for two consecutive months
- ·Cost per plan scenario stops falling while volume keeps rising
- ·A comparator publishes a materially lower unit cost on a like-for-like basis
Evidence gaps
- ·No external comparator on a like-for-like unit definition
- ·Exception cases under $57k are sampled, not fully measured
| Alternative considered | Cost | Risk | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hold the current position | $157k run rate | Known and priced. Cedes ground if comparators move faster. | live |
| Raise the ceiling one level now | $190k to build controls | Override rate is 7 percent; raising the ceiling before that settles imports the error into production. | rejected on evidence |
| Move the exception tail to the spine | $496k transition | Loses local context. Rework risk on the cases that are hardest to recover. | under review |
Policy register
The rules the agents above are bound by. Version, owner, approver, and the agents each rule constrains.
| Ref | Rule | Scope | Owner agent | Approved by | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR1-POL-200 | Strategic Workforce Planning Decision Envelope Agents in this lane may act without a human when the plan scenario sits inside the stated value, risk and confidence envelope. Outside it, the unit holds at a gate with a named approver and a running clock. binds 4 agents · LATAM · US | envelope | Planning Policy Agent | VP Workforce Strategy | v3.6 | Active |
| HR1-POL-201 | Strategic Workforce Planning Evidence Standard Every autonomous decision writes inputs, the rule version applied, the model and prompt version, the output and a reversal path. An action with no evidence record is treated as a control failure, not a fast decision. binds 4 agents · APAC | evidence | Planning Policy Agent | VP Workforce Strategy | v5.6 | Superseded |
| HR1-POL-202 | Strategic Workforce Planning Escalation Rule Escalation is mandatory when confidence falls below the floor, when two options sit inside the confidence band, or when a break condition on a ratified position fires. VP Workforce Strategy owns the response clock. binds 4 agents · EU · UK | escalation | Planning Policy Agent | VP Workforce Strategy | v2.3 | Active |
| HR1-POL-203 | Strategic Workforce Planning Autonomy Ceiling The ceiling for this lane is 62 on the platform scale. Planning is judgment work. Agents model and author the position; the headcount envelope is a board-level commitment that a human must own. The ceiling is a governance decision, not a technical limit, and only VP Workforce Strategy can propose moving it. binds 4 agents · APAC | ceiling | Planning Policy Agent | VP Workforce Strategy | v5.7 | Active |