BuildRunObserveControlSecure
Enterprise AI requires more than model access. BROCS organizes the capabilities needed to develop systems, run them reliably, monitor behavior, control change, and manage security.
BROCS is a vendor-neutral framework for assessing enterprise AI enablement. It organizes the work under Build, Run, Observe, Control, and Secure. Use it to assess commercial and homegrown platforms before procurement or implementation.
The five capabilities
Assess all five capabilities together because a gap in one can constrain the rest.
Before and after deployment
Before deployment, BROCS sets requirements for a first tool, pilot, supplier, or platform. Once AI is in use, it assesses the delivery paths, production services, telemetry, change mechanisms, and enforced requirements behind that work.
Working assumptions
Design principles behind BROCS. The framework assumes tools change, data constraints shape deployment, integration costs compound, and all five capabilities are mutually dependent.
01
Tools will change
Keep identity, data access, runtime, telemetry, policy, and portability independent of any assistant or model provider. Replacing a tool should not require rebuilding the services beneath it.
Vendor independence
02
Deployment follows data constraints
Support the locations and legal boundaries that govern the data, including private infrastructure and approved cloud accounts. A separate stack for each location creates uneven controls and duplicate work.
Data sovereignty
03
Sovereignty shapes architecture
Some workloads require local models or endpoints covered by specific contractual terms. Those paths belong in the core design and should receive the same operational support as hosted models.
Architecture
04
Integration cost compounds
A separate integration and control set for each vendor raises cost and fragments evidence. Shared services reduce the work required to add or replace tools.
Cost
05
Assistants cover part of Build
A coding assistant helps people create software. Enterprise enablement also covers deployment, data connections, runtime operations, monitoring, policy, and incident response.
Scope
06
The capabilities depend on one another
Build relies on approved runtime paths. Observe supplies evidence to Control and Secure. Treat the capabilities as one operating model when assigning ownership and evaluating coverage.
Dependencies
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