The business challenge
Several teams have built useful assistants, but the organization lacks a common inventory of owners, knowledge sources, permissions, and connected tools. Some use cases now propose actions in business systems. Leaders need a way to support innovation without allowing governance to become an afterthought.
A proposed approach
Inventory the in-scope use cases and assign an accountable business owner to each. Separate read-only assistance from action-taking workflows. Define risk tiers, minimum control requirements, and release criteria based on the data and consequences involved.
Review identities, data boundaries, and integrations. Specify approved tool behavior and independent authorization for consequential actions. Evaluate useful tasks alongside denial, failure, and recovery cases, then document the decision to release, refine, or pause.
Practical deliverables
- An AI inventory with ownership and risk classifications.
- A governance blueprint and approved integration requirements.
- An evaluation plan and release-decision record.
- A roadmap for monitoring, change control, and retirement.
Business goals
Better visibility, more consistent decisions, and a controlled route to expanding useful AI. Measure owner coverage, evaluated releases, and unresolved control gaps before setting improvement targets. The presence of a registry does not by itself enforce the required controls.