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F2T2EA: Enterprise Operational Cycle

Find what matters. Fix what's broken. Track what moves. Target what's next. Engage your stakeholders. Access everything from one place.

F2T2EA is the enterprise operational cycle that powers the xOps Sovereign AI Command Centre. It transforms a single operations manager's ability to govern multi-account Landing Zones across regulated industries.


The Cycle

FIND -------> TARGET -------> ENGAGE    (outer loop: strategic)
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v v
TRACK <------- ACCESS <------- FIX (inner loop: tactical)

Phase Details

FIND (Discover)

Org-wide discovery across all accounts in a single API call.

ToolWhat It DiscoversEvidence
Resource Explorer AGGREGATORAll resources (88 types)find-inventory-*.json
Config AggregatorCompliance posturefind-security-*.json
Cost ExplorerPer-account spendfind-cost-*.json
Security HubCRITICAL/HIGH findingsfind-security-*.json

Command: /inventory:lz-cross-validate

TARGET (Prioritize)

Score and rank remediation candidates using WSJF (Weighted Shortest Job First).

  • Scream test scoring (S1-S5, 0-100 scale)
  • Score >= 70 = decommission candidate
  • WSJF = (Business Value + Time Criticality + Risk Reduction) / Job Size

FIX (Remediate)

Execute remediation with dry-run validation and human approval gates.

  • Always --dry-run first (no mutations without approval)
  • HITL approval required per action
  • Rollback documented before execution
  • Post-fix validation confirms savings

TRACK (Monitor)

Continuous monitoring of operational health.

  • DORA 4 key metrics (deploy frequency, lead time, MTTR, change failure rate)
  • Cost trends (month-over-month comparison)
  • SLO compliance (availability, latency, error rate)

ENGAGE (Execute)

Generate persona-based reports and stakeholder communication.

PersonaFocusOutput
CFOCost savings, budget variancereport-cfo-*.md
CTOInfrastructure health, security posturereport-cto-*.md
CloudOpsOperations, pipeline healthreport-cloudops-*.md
FinOpsOptimization, waste, coveragereport-finops-*.md

Email: Max 15 lines, business language, specific action required.

ACCESS (Visualize)

Single-pane-of-glass operational dashboards.

DashboardPortStart
Vizro FinOps8050docker compose --profile dashboards up
JupyterLab8888docker compose up jupyter
MkDocs CLI Docs8001docker compose up mkdocs

7 Integrated Components

#ComponentRole
1xOpsOrchestrator + RAG chatbot
2runbooksCLI execution engine (160+ commands)
3runbooks docsKnowledge base (MkDocs)
4JupyterLabAnalysis workbench (184 notebooks)
5VizroInteractive dashboards
6Executive SummaryPersona-based HITL deliverables
7EmailStakeholder communication

Quick Start

# Run one full F2T2EA cycle
/xops:f2t2ea-cycle

# Run a single phase
/xops:f2t2ea-cycle --phase find
/xops:f2t2ea-cycle --phase target
/xops:f2t2ea-cycle --phase engage --persona cfo

# Inventory cross-validation only (FIND phase)
/inventory:lz-cross-validate

# Security posture only (FIND phase)
/aws:security-posture --severity critical

Evidence Directory

All F2T2EA artifacts are written to tmp/xops/f2t2ea/ with date-stamped filenames:

tmp/xops/f2t2ea/
find-inventory-YYYY-MM-DD.json
find-cost-YYYY-MM-DD.json
find-security-YYYY-MM-DD.json
target-wsjf-YYYY-MM-DD.json
fix-plan-YYYY-MM-DD.md
track-dora-YYYY-MM-DD.json
track-cost-trend-YYYY-MM-DD.json
engage-report-{persona}-YYYY-MM-DD.md
email.txt
access-dashboards-YYYY-MM-DD.json

Further Reading