BCG Platinion: harness engineering and intent thinking
Enterprise framing of the Agentic Software Factory—humans relocate to intent and outcomes; five transformation pillars including governance and scenario tests.
Source: The Agentic Software Factory
Dark-factory metaphor: agents build/test/ship around the clock; humans define intent and review outcomes. Cited practitioner ranges (3–5×, OpenAI/Spotify anecdotes) plus their own migration PoVs. Two decisive competencies: harness engineering and intent thinking.
Five pillars: intent-driven operating model (bolts not sprints, auditability by design), codified knowledge/tech readiness, workforce upskilling, assembly lines per delivery archetype, and governance via scenario-based tests stored outside agent-accessible trees.
Risk section is engineering-shaped: layered verification, observability, factory self-evaluation, DevOps safety net, accountability at stage gates.
Why it matters for code review
Enterprise review becomes verifying built≡intended with independent scenarios—not reading every generated line. Harness rules and stage-gate ownership are the compliance surface.