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Where AI helps. Where humans own.

Most AI adoption conversations argue about whether to allow it. This is the more useful question: which layer of the work is moving, and who still owns the decision when it does.

The maturity ladder

Where AI helps. Where humans own.

Six maturity tiers across Direction, Planning, and Execution. Humans own Direction and Planning at every tier, with AI assistance. Execution uses Conductor to govern AI from L3 onward.

L0Absent
L1Curious
L2Adopting
L3Integrated
L4Native
L5Autonomous
01
Direction
Strategy
OKR, OGSM, Themes, Epics, What-if scenarios
Human
Human
Human
Human
Human
+ AI assists
Human
+ AI suggests
02
Planning
Blueprint
Initiatives Roadmap, Features, Calculated plan
Human
Human
Human
+ AI assists
Human
+ AI assists
Human
+ AI suggests
Human
+ AI suggests
03
Execution
Jira plugin / Conductor
Sprints, Stories & Threads, Delivery
Human delivers via Jira
Human
+ AI autocomplete
Human
+ AI drafts
AI executes
human checks
Agents own
human on exceptions
Autonomous AI
SQI-governed
Reported range
1.2 to 1.4×
1.5 to 2.5×
2 to 4×
4 to 8×
10 to 50×
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L0 Absent
DirectionStrategy
Human
PlanningBlueprint
Human
ExecutionJira plugin
Human delivers via Jira
Reported range
L1 Curious
DirectionStrategy
Human
PlanningBlueprint
Human
ExecutionJira plugin
Human + AI autocomplete
Reported range1.2 to 1.4×
L2 Adopting
DirectionStrategy
Human
PlanningBlueprint
Human + AI assists
ExecutionJira plugin
Human + AI drafts
Reported range1.5 to 2.5×
Governance threshold

From here on AI does the work and Conductor is what makes it accountable.

L3 Integrated
DirectionStrategy
Human
PlanningBlueprint
Human + AI assists
ExecutionConductor
AI executes, human checks
Reported range2 to 4×
L4 Native
DirectionStrategy
Human + AI assists
PlanningBlueprint
Human + AI suggests
ExecutionConductor
Agents own, human on exceptions
Reported range4 to 8×
L5 Autonomous
DirectionStrategy
Human + AI suggests
PlanningBlueprint
Human + AI suggests
ExecutionConductor
Autonomous AI, SQI-governed
Reported range10 to 50×
Execution threshold between L2 and L3, AI moves to 100% of delivery

Humans own Direction and Planning at every tier. Conductor enables AI Execution from L3, with humans governing through phase signoff and policy.

AI assists across all three layers from L2 onward. Ownership of strategy and planning never transfers, by design. The reported range is what organisations publish about AI-assisted delivery at each tier. It is not a Taskstreamer measurement and we will not present it as one.

See how Conductor governs execution