This 3-hour hands-on course teaches architects how to design and govern enterprise agentic systems. Move beyond fragile prototypes to survivable, auditable platforms using the Agentic Stack, contract-first design, and operational control patterns. Build systems that are safe, observable, and cost-disciplined at scale. Aligns with AEBOP T3.1.
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This module establishes the core shift from building demo agents to engineering governed systems. You will learn to identify architectural fault lines and define a system using the three criteria: observable end-to-end, explicitly bounded, and fail-safe.
We introduce the five-plane Agentic Stack as your primary architectural map and the contract spine that binds it. You’ll learn to replace hidden assumptions with explicit, versioned contracts for policy, data, state, service, and feedback, turning interfaces into verifiable control points.
Here, we translate architecture into behavior through foundational system design patterns. You will implement loop patterns to ensure every reasoning cycle is grounded in reflection, and apply circuit-breaker patterns to make autonomy safe and contained.
The module focuses on achieving full traceability from intent to outcome and designing multi-agent chains with clean handoffs. You’ll learn to instrument these patterns using telemetry standards, ensuring every action is observable and every failure is isolatable.
This module moves from design to operation, focusing on the tooling and discipline required to run systems you can trust. You will implement the four planes of operability—Signal, Control, Recovery, Learning—and build dashboards that drive action, not just awareness.
We treat cost as a primary control signal and architectural reuse as ROI. You’ll learn to apply the Build-vs-Buy Investment Matrix, implement cost telemetry and ceilings, and evolve your stack into a reusable internal platform that compounds value.
In this final module, you will learn to identify and repair the three critical architectural fractures that break agentic systems at scale: invisible loops, silent governance, and coupled components. You'll apply targeted, fabric-specific countermeasures that restore integrity at the boundaries where systems fail.
You will then assess your system's maturity using the L0-L5 framework and build a pragmatic 12-month progression plan. This roadmap translates architectural investment into compounding leverage, enabling you to scale governance confidently and ensure trust evolves with your system's capabilities.