The AI Production Capability Map

Production AI is a composed, governed system — not a model

The AI Production Capability Map Production AI is a composed, governed system — not a model Security · Responsible AI · Governance — cross-cutting, every phase Business & Product · value · use-case fit · ROI · Architecture component Business & Product value · use-case fit · ROI Data Foundations · quality · lineage · retrieval · Security · Responsible AI · Governance — cross-cutting, every phase Data Foundations quality · lineage · retrieval Model & System · compose · adapt · guardrails · Security · Responsible AI · Governance — cross-cutting, every phase Model & System compose · adapt · guardrails Evaluation & Quality · measurable · gating · Security · Responsible AI · Governance — cross-cutting, every phase Evaluation & Quality measurable · gating Serving & Operations · deploy · MLOps · observe · scale · Security · Responsible AI · Governance — cross-cutting, every phase Serving & Operations deploy · MLOps · observe · scale Cost / FinOps · unit economics · spend guardrails · Architecture component Cost / FinOps unit economics · spend guardrails Legend Frontend Database Backend Cloud

The composed system

  • • Foundation model + retrieval + context
  • • + tools/agents + guardrails
  • • operated under evaluation & observability

Cross-cutting every phase

  • • Security & adversarial robustness
  • • Responsible AI & governance
  • • Cost / FinOps discipline

Maturity ladder

  • • Ad hoc → Repeatable → Automated
  • • → Governed → Optimized
  • • Production-ready: no dimension below Level 2

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