Pillar 02 — Build

From idea to AI-powered product.

Walk every phase of the framework — how strategy becomes experience, how experience becomes prompt, and how prompt becomes shipped capability.

Mindset → Method

The Core Principles define how we think.The Ten Phases define how we build.

The Core Principles are the philosophy that guides every decision. The Ten Phases below are the sequential implementation — beginning with Strategic Foundation and ending with Governance & Continuous Evolution.

  1. Phase 1

    Strategic Foundation

    01 / 10

    Establish the strategic direction before selecting AI technologies. Define the business purpose, desired outcomes, success measures, organizational vision, and constraints that will guide every subsequent phase.

    • Business purpose
    • Desired outcomes
    • Success measures
    • Vision
    • Constraints
  2. Phase 2

    Audience & Use Case Definition

    02 / 10

    Who is this for, what should they learn, do, and feel?

    • Primary audience
    • Learning objectives
    • Target behaviors
    • Emotional design
  3. Phase 3

    Experience Architecture

    03 / 10

    Design the end-to-end journey and the information architecture that supports it — navigation, hierarchy, moments of delight, and decision points.

    • Journey arc
    • Navigation
    • Content model
    • Moments of delight
    • Calls to action
  4. Phase 4

    Prompt & Knowledge Design

    04 / 10

    Engineer prompts as requirements documents and curate the knowledge base they draw from — context, objectives, audience, constraints, and acceptance criteria.

    • Context
    • Objective
    • Knowledge sources
    • Functional requirements
    • Acceptance criteria
  5. Phase 5

    AI Capability Development

    05 / 10

    Build one page, one feature, one workflow, one interaction at a time — each capability scoped, reviewable, and shippable on its own.

    • Scoped builds
    • Single capability
    • Reviewable units
    • Capability catalogue
  6. Phase 6

    Testing & Validation

    06 / 10

    Validate quality, accuracy, accessibility, performance, and security before anything reaches a real user.

    • Accuracy
    • Accessibility
    • Performance
    • Security
    • User acceptance
  7. Phase 7

    Workflow Integration

    07 / 10

    Weave the AI capability into the real workflows, systems, and rituals of the organization it serves.

    • Workflow mapping
    • Systems integration
    • Handoffs
    • Operating cadence
  8. Phase 8

    Adoption & Change Enablement

    08 / 10

    Equip people to use what was built — facilitator guides, decks, PDFs, training, and the change story that drives adoption.

    • Facilitator guides
    • Participant workbooks
    • Executive briefings
    • Change narrative
  9. Phase 9

    Measurement & Optimization

    09 / 10

    Instrument the experience against the success measures defined in Phase 1 and tune it with evidence from real use.

    • Outcome metrics
    • Usage telemetry
    • Feedback loops
    • Optimization plan
  10. Phase 10

    Governance & Continuous Evolution

    10 / 10

    Operate the capability over time — versioning, responsible-use guardrails, audit trails, and a roadmap for continuous improvement.

    • Versioning
    • Responsible use
    • Audit & accountability
    • Continuous roadmap

Prompt anatomy

The fourteen components of a world-class AI design prompt.

Each phase above is powered by prompts engineered against this anatomy. Tap any component to read its full definition, why it matters, and a worked example.

  1. 01

    Context

  2. 02

    Problem Statement

  3. 03

    Objectives

  4. 04

    Audience

  5. 05

    Desired Experience

  6. 06

    Functional Requirements

  7. 07

    Content Requirements

  8. 08

    Design Requirements

  9. 09

    Technical Requirements

  10. 10

    Accessibility

  11. 11

    Security

  12. 12

    Testing

  13. 13

    Acceptance Criteria

  14. 14

    Future Enhancements

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