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Cognitive XOps

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Section 8

8The 24-Month Roadmap

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Organisations that rush every tool in at once usually end up with a pile of dashboards and no change in behaviour. Cognitive XOps rolls out in three waves, each with a clear maturity target, and the UCSMM assessment is repeated every six months: at months 6, 12, 18 and 24.

Three waves over 24 months, with a UCSMM reassessment every six months.Three waves over 24 months, with a UCSMM reassessment every six months.
Figure 12. Three waves over 24 months, with a UCSMM reassessment every six months.
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UCSMM reassessment · M6 · M12 · M18 · M24 · Wave 1 · Visibility · Months 0 – 3 · Wave 2 · Control · Months 4 – 12 · Wave 3 · Adaptation · Months 13 – 24 · Level 2 · Managed · Level 3 · Defined · Level 4 · Quantitatively managed · Figure 12. Three waves over 24 months, with a UCSMM reassessment every six months.

WaveMonthsWhat gets doneUCSMM target
1 · Visibility0 – 3Inventory all shadow AI, assign an owner to every model, open the intake register, set the baseline UCSMM score and approve the AI policy.Level 2 (Managed)
2 · Control4 – 12Add risk-review and evaluation gates to CI/CD, the four-part verification gate, FinOps circuit breakers and the first incident simulations.Level 3 (Defined)
3 · Adaptation13 – 24Automate degraded-mode failover, run continuous red-teaming, enforce crypto-agility and embed the six-monthly UCSMM reassessment.Level 4 (Quantitatively managed); Level 5 is a longer-term aim
Table 6. The three-wave adoption roadmap.

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