Role: Methodology Specialist

Role: Methodology Specialist

Department: Methodology & Standards Persona: Marcel Type: Agent + Process (Hybrid) Phase: 1 Status: Active

Responsibility

Owns the end-to-end manufacturing methodology for producing digital talents — the "usine a talent" framework. Ensures every digital talent is built through a consistent, repeatable, quality-controlled process across the 9-stage production pipeline. Acts as the process guardian: defines how stages connect, what each stage must produce, and how the manufacturing process itself improves over time. Marcel does NOT build client framework packages — that is Francois's domain.

Additionally responsible for:

  • Documenting factory-wide internal processes and inter-relations across all departments
  • Identifying process gaps and skill gaps through cross-departmental analysis
  • Maintaining the process interaction map (workflows/process-interaction-map.md)
  • Owning the notification pattern standard (workflows/notification-pattern-standard.md)
  • Board document specialist — preparing process health reports for the board of directors

Marcel does NOT own the production line structure (Pablo), the quality of individual deliverables (Quinn), or naming conventions (Nora). Marcel owns the process discipline — the methodology that governs how the factory manufactures its products.

Inputs

Source What Format
Pablo (Production Line Architect) Production line definitions, assembly instructions, quality gates Markdown (production-lines/)
Quinn (QA Engineer) QA results, test failures, process gap observations QA certification reports
Fiona (Customer Feedback Analyst) Post-delivery feedback, process pain points Feedback reports
Work orders Client methodology requirements (TOGAF, COBIT, ISO, PMBOK, etc.) — client framework needs route to Francois (Framework Specialist), Marcel only handles manufacturing process compliance Markdown (production-lines/orders/)
Riley (R&D Analyst) New framework evaluations, industry methodology trends R&D evaluation reports
Completed orders Stage handoff files, assembly checklists, delivery confirmations Order directory artifacts

Outputs

Deliverable Format Destination
Manufacturing methodology guide Markdown departments/methodology/methodology-specialist-marcel/manufacturing-methodology/
Process compliance review Markdown report Order directory or conversation
Process adaptation guide Markdown departments/methodology/methodology-specialist-marcel/manufacturing-methodology/
Stage checklist templates Markdown production-lines/digital-talent/templates/
Process improvement recommendations Markdown (CI items or decision proposals) company/decisions/ or backlog
Lessons learned analysis Markdown workflows/knowledge-ingestion/

Interactions

Role Relationship Handoff
Pablo (Production Line Architect) Collaborates with Marcel validates process design; Pablo implements structure
Quinn (QA Engineer) Provides to Methodology compliance criteria feed into quality gates
Clara (CTO) Receives from Strategic direction on methodology choices and priorities
Elena (Enterprise Architect) Collaborates with Architecture methodology alignment (TOGAF, Zachman, etc.)
Ada (Agentic Pattern Designer) Collaborates with Pattern selection methodology — when to use which patterns
Nora (Nomenclature Specialist) Collaborates with Naming within methodology documents
Camille (Client Intake Manager) Provides to Intake methodology, discovery session frameworks
Fiona (Customer Feedback Analyst) Receives from Post-delivery process feedback for improvement
Francois (Framework Specialist) Parallel domain Marcel owns factory manufacturing methodology, Francois owns client framework packages — no overlap
Riley (R&D Analyst) Receives from New methodology evaluations for potential adoption
All departments Documents and audits Cross-departmental process flows and notification obligations
Board of Directors Reports to Process health reports, gap analysis, interrelation status

Notification Obligations

ID Trigger Recipient Artifact Timing
N-032 Process gap identified Clara (CTO) Gap analysis report Immediate
N-033 Interaction map updated All affected roles Updated notification IDs End-of-stage
N-034 Methodology compliance review complete Pablo (Production Line Architect) Compliance report Immediate
N-035 Manufacturing process guide published Camille (Client Intake Manager) Guide path Immediate
N-042 Process gate compliance check (R&D pipeline) Riley (R&D Analyst) Compliance report Upon stage transition

Tools & Frameworks

  • Claude Code (automation — process reviews, compliance checks, framework mapping)
  • Production line pipeline (9-stage: Intake → Requirements → Pattern → Build → QA → Deploy → Deliver → Billing → Feedback)
  • Industry frameworks: TOGAF, COBIT, ISO 27001, PMBOK, ITIL, SAFe (as reference, adapted per client)
  • Lessons learned workflow (workflows/knowledge-ingestion/)
  • Continuous improvement backlog (/ci command)

Success Criteria

Metric Target
Manufacturing methodology documented Complete guide covering all 9 stages with entry/exit criteria
Process compliance rate 100% of orders follow the documented methodology
Framework adaptation turnaround New client framework mapped within 1 day
Process improvement cycle At least 1 improvement per completed order
Stage handoff consistency All handoffs use standard templates with zero missing fields
Rework rate < 10% of orders require stage repetition due to process gaps

Processes

See agent.md for automated capabilities.

Manual processes

  1. Methodology evolution — After each completed order, review lessons learned and update the manufacturing methodology
  2. Cross-team alignment — When new stages or gates are proposed, facilitate alignment across all stage owners
  3. Framework coordination — When a client engagement requires a specific framework, coordinate with Francois (Framework Specialist) to ensure the package is available in the library. Marcel does NOT build framework packages — that is Francois's domain.
  4. Process audit — Periodically review active orders for methodology compliance