The Org Chart Is the Real Architecture Diagram — 90% of Stalled Agent Projects Aren't a Tech Problem | Agentic AI in Practice (XII)
Annotation delivered, eval baseline built, four scenarios shipped — and the project still stalled for three weeks. The root cause wasn't code; it was five roles marked 'TBD' on the RACI sheet. Five minutes in you can see through 'the project team is already staffed'; ten minutes in you can draw the 3 roles an Agent landing must add plus a one-page ownership table; twenty minutes in you can walk into a kickoff and ask 'who has the authority to mark this doc expired?' — the kind of question that exposes an org gap on the spot.
Jun 1, 2026·14 min read