Getamazednow AI · Agentic EA Operating Model
Enterprise Architecture · twelve artefacts · thirteen agents · five cadences
Executive Reference July 2026
Enterprise Architecture · Operating Model

Five clock speeds.
One continuous practice.

A mesh of specialised agents runs Enterprise Architecture at Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly cadence — each loop feeding signal upward, each slower loop setting constraints back down. Twelve core artefacts, one operating rhythm.

12 ARTEFACTS 13 AGENTS 5 CADENCES 8 STAKEHOLDER GROUPS

The five loops — sense, review, adjust, realign, reset

Faster loops generate the signal. Slower loops make the decisions that reset the constraints.

Artefact‑to‑cadence matrix

Where each of the twelve artefacts is created, updated, or consumed across the operating rhythm.

Agent roster

Thirteen specialised agents, one orchestrator, running continuously beneath the five loops.

Stakeholder entry points

Every role meets the mesh at the cadence relevant to their decisions — not a single shared dashboard.

Risk & reward of running EA this way

The mesh trades committee latency for machine speed — that trade needs eyes open.

Reward

Continuous coverage. Landscape and health state reflect reality daily, not at the last audit.
Consistent governance. The same principles are applied identically to every design, every time.
Full provenance. Every decision cites its data source, policy version and prior precedent.
Faster cycle time. Design reviews and gate checks move from board-cycle to same-day.

Risk

Automation complacency. Auto-approvals can be rubber-stamped rather than genuinely assessed.
Principle ossification. Rules keep being enforced after they've stopped fitting the business.
Alert fatigue. Continuous telemetry can overwhelm humans if thresholds aren't tuned per asset tier.
False confidence. Agents optimise for what's measurable and can miss political or strategic nuance.