Sub-function
Prototype & Pilot
Owns prototype work end to end inside Research & Development. more
Estate rating
BBB
71 / 100
Test execution, iteration tracking and feedback synthesis are agentic. more
Agents
8
Lines
3
Units / wk
5,131
Timetable vs actual
16.5h → 16.8h
Cost / unit
$9.63
was $27
Run-rate saving
$4.8M
annualized at this volume
The 8 agents running this sub-function
Grouped by what they are for, not by where they sit. more
Prototype Orchestrator
Owns the prototype & pilot lane end to end. Sequences the other agents, holds the timetable, and decides what surfaces to a human.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates to Director, Product Development when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Build Planning Agent
Runs the repeatable portion of prototype & pilot inside the shared transaction spine at spine cost and spine controls.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates to Director, Product Development when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Pilot Site Agent
Runs the repeatable portion of prototype & pilot inside the shared transaction spine at spine cost and spine controls.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates to Director, Product Development when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Test Plan Agent
Executes the prototype & pilot step it owns, posts its evidence, and hands the unit to the next stage.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates to Director, Product Development when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Iteration Tracking Agent
Executes the prototype & pilot step it owns, posts its evidence, and hands the unit to the next stage.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates to Director, Product Development when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Feedback Synthesis Agent
Executes the prototype & pilot step it owns, posts its evidence, and hands the unit to the next stage.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates to Director, Product Development when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Scale Readiness Agent
Executes the prototype & pilot step it owns, posts its evidence, and hands the unit to the next stage.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates to Director, Product Development when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Prototype & Pilot Challenger Agent
Adversarial reviewer for prototype & pilot. Argues the opposite case on every position and flags where the evidence does not carry the claim.
ceiling A3 · 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.
Redeployed into customer-facing escalation ownership.
Lines running in this sub-function
Each line is a workflow. more
Strategy positions this sub-function holds
An agent that only executes is a robot. more
Prototype & Pilot Operating Position
In challengev3Should prototype work stay in the shared transaction spine, or come back inside the function where the context lives?
Hold the ceiling at A3 for prototype & pilot. more
confidence
71%
The challenge — Prototype & Pilot Challenger Agent
Prototype & Pilot Challenger Agent argues the recommendation leans on 4 quarters of data from a period with no volume shock. more
Break conditions
- ·Override rate rises above 16 percent for two consecutive months
- ·Cost per prototype stops falling while volume keeps rising
- ·A control failure in this lane reaches a customer or a regulator
Evidence gaps
- ·No independent test of the control evidence behind the touchless rate
| Alternative considered | Cost | Risk | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hold the current position | $866k run rate | Known and priced. Cedes ground if comparators move faster. | live |
| Raise the ceiling one level now | $672k to build controls | Override rate is 12 percent; raising the ceiling before that settles imports the error into production. | rejected on evidence |
| Move the exception tail to the spine | $801k 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. more
| Ref | Rule | Scope | Owner agent | Approved by | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RD6-POL-200 | Prototype & Pilot Decision Envelope Agents in this lane may act without a human when the prototype sits inside the stated value, risk and confidence envelope. more binds 6 agents · EU · UK · US | envelope | Prototype Orchestrator | Director, Product Development | v1.5 | Active |
| RD6-POL-201 | Prototype & Pilot Evidence Standard Every autonomous decision writes inputs, the rule version applied, the model and prompt version, the output and a reversal path. more binds 6 agents · US · Canada | evidence | Prototype Orchestrator | Director, Product Development | v3.2 | Active |
| RD6-POL-202 | Prototype & Pilot 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. more binds 6 agents · Global | escalation | Prototype Orchestrator | Director, Product Development | v4.9 | Active |
| RD6-POL-203 | Prototype & Pilot Autonomy Ceiling The ceiling for this lane is 76 on the platform scale. more binds 6 agents · Global · EU | ceiling | Prototype Orchestrator | Director, Product Development | v4.3 | Active |