Agent Development Lifecycle (ADLC): Vendor‑Neutral Guide to Build, Test, Deploy, Monitor, and Govern AI Agents
This note outlines a vendor‑agnostic Agent Development Lifecycle (ADLC) that extends traditional SDLC with five stages—Build, Test, Deploy, Monitor, and Govern—detailing layer‑wise tooling choices, evaluation strategies, deployment infrastructure, observability practices, and governance concerns for modern AI agents.
