Agents do not fail because of models. They fail because nobody architected them.

You will understand why most enterprise agent programs stall and what role the Agentic Business Architect plays in fixing that.

1. 0.1Why AI Agents Fail Without Business Architecture18 min · Agent Initiative Gap Snapshot (one page)
2. 0.2The Agentic Business Architect Role15 min · Personal Role Charter
3. 0.3The ARCHAI Agentic Architecture Method™20 min · Capstone Enterprise Selection

You will build the four core business architecture views that every agent design must anchor to.

1. 1.1Business Capabilities: The Stable Anchor for Agents24 min · Capability Map v1
2. 1.2Value Streams and Where Agents Create Value22 min · Value Stream and Capability Cross-Map
3. 1.3Information Concepts and the Agent Data Contract20 min · Information Concept Map with Classifications
4. 1.4Organization Mapping: Humans, Agents and Accountability21 min · Human and Agent Organization Map

You will run every phase of the Architecture Development Method with agent-specific inputs, outputs and gates.

1. 2.1Preliminary Phase: Agentic Architecture Principles19 min · Agentic Architecture Principles Catalog
2. 2.2Phase A: Architecture Vision and the Agent Business Scenario23 min · Architecture Vision and Agent Business Scenario
3. 2.3Phases B to D: Business, Data, Application and Technology for Agents28 min · Multi-Layer Gap Analysis
4. 2.4Phases E to H: Opportunities, Migration, Governance and Change25 min · Transition Architecture Roadmap
5. 2.5The Agentic Architecture Repository and Building Blocks18 min · Agent Catalog Schema

You will identify, score and prioritize agent opportunities using a defensible, board-ready model.

1. 3.1Capability Heatmapping for Agent Readiness20 min · Agent Readiness Heatmap
2. 3.2The Agent Opportunity Scoring Model24 min · Agent Opportunity Scorecard
3. 3.3Autonomy Levels: From Assist to Act21 min · Autonomy Assignment Matrix
4. 3.4Building the Agent Portfolio and Roadmap22 min · Agent Portfolio Roadmap

You will model production-grade agentic processes in BPMN 2.0, including human-in-the-loop, escalation and failure paths.

1. 4.1BPMN 2.0 Essentials for Architects26 min · As-Is BPMN Process Model
2. 4.2Modeling Agents as Participants: Pools, Lanes and Tasks24 min · To-Be Agentic BPMN Model
3. 4.3Human-in-the-Loop Gateways and Escalation Patterns25 min · Controlled Autonomy BPMN Model
4. 4.4Exceptions, Compensation and Agent Failure Paths22 min · Resilient Agentic BPMN Model
5. 4.5Multi-Agent Collaboration and Choreography23 min · Multi-Agent Collaboration Diagram

You will write complete agent specifications that engineering teams can build and risk teams can approve.

1. 5.1The Agent Charter: Role, Mandate and Boundaries22 min · Agent Charters (x2)
2. 5.2Tools, Integrations and the Model Context Protocol24 min · Agent Tool and Integration Inventory
3. 5.3Memory, Context and Enterprise Knowledge21 min · Agent Context and Memory Design
4. 5.4Guardrails, Policies and Kill Switches23 min · Agent Control Specification

You will embed regulatory requirements into the architecture so compliance becomes a property of the system.

1. 6.1The Agentic Governance Operating Model22 min · Agentic Governance RACI
2. 6.2Mapping ISO/IEC 42001, EU AI Act and NIST AI RMF to Architecture28 min · Regulatory Architecture Crosswalk
3. 6.3Model Risk in Financial Services: SR 11-7 and DORA21 min · Third-Party Dependency and Exit Plan
4. 6.4Audit Trails, Observability and Evidence by Design24 min · Evidence and Observability Specification

You will build a board-grade business case and the operating model that sustains agents at scale.

1. 7.1The Board-Grade Agent Business Case26 min · Agent Business Case
2. 7.2KPIs and Value Realization for Agents20 min · Agentic KPI Tree
3. 7.3The Agentic Operating Model and Workforce Design24 min · Agentic Target Operating Model
4. 7.4Leading Change: Stakeholders, Narrative and Adoption19 min · Change Narrative and Stakeholder Plan

You will assemble, defend and certify a complete Agentic Architecture Blueprint for a real enterprise.

1. 8.1Capstone Brief: The Agentic Architecture Blueprint20 min · Agentic Architecture Blueprint (draft)
2. 8.2The Board Defense: Presenting Your Architecture22 min · Board Defense Deck
3. 8.3Certification Standard and Your Next 90 Days15 min · Personal 90-Day Launch Plan