How We Work
The Methodology Behind 8–16 Week Delivery
No waterfalls. No 18-month timelines. The A² Development Cycle™ delivers running agents, governed systems, and measurable ROI — in weeks, not years.
A² Development Cycle (ADC)™
Six Overlapping Cycles — Not a Waterfall
The ADC™ runs as six continuous, overlapping cycles. Each phase informs the others — governance feeds design, validation feeds build, evolution feeds scope.
Six continuous overlapping cycles — NOT a waterfall.
Domain discovery, risk taxonomy, boundary definition. Establishes the bounded context map and agent taxonomy for the engagement.
Agent topology design, DMN table authoring, BPMN flow modeling, architectural zone layout. Architecture-first before a single line of code.
Agent development, skill library authoring, knowledge graph population, MCP connector configuration. Built against the designed spec.
Trace grading, hallucination testing, fitness function verification, safety evaluations. No agent goes to production without passing all gates.
Control Gate™ enforcement, audit trail verification, EU AI Act conformity assessment, NIST RMF cycle completion.
Wardley mapping, evolution tracking, cost optimization, A² Maturity Model™ uplift planning. The cycle that makes the system self-improving.
Delivery Blueprint
180-Day Implementation Blueprint
Three overlapping phases that take you from domain discovery to a self-evolving agentic operating system — in 180 days.
Foundation
Days 1–30
- EventStorming workshops
- Bounded context map
- Agent taxonomy definition
- DMN prototype tables
- Risk taxonomy v1
- A² Maturity baseline
Build & Validate
Days 31–90
- First agent cohort deployed
- Control Gates™ active
- BPMN workflow library
- Knowledge graph v1
- ISO 42001 alignment
- Fitness function suite
Scale & Evolve
Days 91–180
- Full agent fleet deployed
- EU AI Act conformity
- Wardley optimization cycle
- A2A protocol integration
- Maturity Level uplift
- CoE handoff & training
x2machines 180-day blueprint vs. traditional consulting
A² Maturity Model™
Five Levels of Agentic Maturity
Where are you on the path to 100% agentic automation? Most enterprises start at L1. x2machines targets L4 in 180 days, L5 within 12 months.
Self-Evolving
Wardley-driven optimization, autonomous self-tuning
Measured
Automated fitness functions, continuous compliance
Defined
Full Seven Separations™, DDD contexts, BPMN/DMN, NIST-mapped
Managed
Defined taxonomy, basic control gates, manual monitoring
Ad-Hoc
Individual experiments, no architecture, no governance
Assess your maturity level
A free 30-minute assessment call gives you a precise L1–L5 score, your three highest-ROI automation targets, and a phased roadmap to L4.
How We Engage
Engagement Models
Three ways to work with x2machines — from a focused discovery sprint to a long-term managed partnership.
Discovery & Assessment
The starting point for every engagement. We assess your maturity level, map your automation targets, and deliver an architecture blueprint with a prioritized 180-day roadmap.
- A² Maturity Model™ assessment
- Bounded context map
- Top-10 automation target list
- ROI model per target
- Architecture blueprint
- Phased roadmap
Implementation
Full build of your Agentic OS. We design, build, validate, and deploy your agent fleet across your highest-value processes — with Control Gates™ and governance baked in.
- Full A² Agentic OS build
- Agent fleet deployment
- BPMN + DMN library
- Knowledge substrate
- Control Gate™ enforcement
- EU AI Act conformity
Managed Services
We run, optimize, and evolve your agentic operating system continuously. SLA-backed uptime, quarterly Wardley optimization, and proactive maturity uplift — so your agents keep improving.
- 24/7 agent monitoring
- Continuous fitness tracking
- Quarterly Wardley reviews
- Maturity Level uplift plan
- New agent deployment
- Compliance audit support
Start with a free maturity assessment
30 minutes. We score you on the A² Maturity Model™, identify your top automation targets, and give you a concrete roadmap — at no cost.