Layer 3 / Communication Architecture
Turn communication into traceable operating context.
Use this checklist to keep AI-influenced decisions and context traceable.
Checklist scope
One layer. One workflow. One visible gap.
This page does not replace the full Communication Architecture framework page or certify that an AI system is safe. It helps a team inspect one operating condition before scaling.
Concise Readiness Checklist
Assess the current condition, then make one improvement.
Answer from the live workflow and its evidence. If the team cannot point to an owner, record, source, control, or review, treat that as the gap.
Ask now
- Where will AI-generated context be shared?
- Which communications need to be traceable?
- How are updates connected to decisions and work?
- Where does context currently get lost?
Strengthen next
- Define where AI summaries, recommendations, and decisions should live.
- Create communication rules for AI-generated outputs.
- Connect important communication to work, decisions, and ownership.
- Reduce dependence on meetings and chat as the only memory layer.
Run the Checklist
Apply it to a live workflow, not an abstract AI strategy.
Use one bounded workflow with a named outcome and a decision AI may influence.
- 1
Name the workflow
Describe the trigger, outcome, participants, and the decision AI may influence.
- 2
Inspect Communication Architecture
Choose where the decision, rationale, exception, and next action must live.
- 3
Record the gap
Name one owner, one corrective action, and the evidence that must exist before scale.
Create the Operating Proof
Use the Decision Communication Protocol.
A completed working artifact is stronger evidence than a slide describing future intent.
Start with the checklist gap, complete the tool for the selected workflow, and review whether the artifact is actually used when the next live case arrives.