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AI governance inventory

Create an accountable inventory of AI use cases, data, owners, risks, and human oversight.

Use this inventory to document AI-enabled workflows and decide what follow-up they need. It does not test model performance, certify compliance, or assess live systems.

Template / checklist for operators. Not legal advice. Not a certification.

Use when

A team is introducing, renewing, or materially changing an AI-assisted workflow, vendor, or model.

Output

A use-case inventory with risk owners, decision records, and review triggers.

Operator checklist

Work through the prompts and retain the evidence references.

Section 1

Use case and ownership

Describe the workflow in terms a business owner can approve.

  1. 1

    Name the AI use case, intended users, and business outcome.

    Evidence to retain: Use-case statement and product or process owner

  2. 2

    Identify the accountable business owner, technical owner, and risk or compliance reviewer.

    Evidence to retain: Responsibility assignment and approval path

  3. 3

    Record whether AI output informs, recommends, or makes a decision.

    Evidence to retain: Workflow diagram and user-facing process description

Section 2

Data, model, and supplier

Capture the dependencies needed to review the workflow responsibly.

  1. 1

    List input data categories, source systems, and data-handling restrictions.

    Evidence to retain: Data-flow map and classification

  2. 2

    Record the model, provider, version or configuration, and connected tools.

    Evidence to retain: Architecture record, vendor documentation, and change log

  3. 3

    Identify whether outputs are retained, shared, or used to train any system.

    Evidence to retain: Provider terms, retention settings, and internal policy

Section 3

Risk and oversight

Define safeguards before relying on the output.

  1. 1

    Document foreseeable error, bias, privacy, security, and misuse risks.

    Evidence to retain: Risk assessment or testing plan

  2. 2

    Specify human review, override, escalation, and prohibited-use boundaries.

    Evidence to retain: Operating procedure and training materials

  3. 3

    Set monitoring, incident response, and material-change review triggers.

    Evidence to retain: Review cadence, issue path, and change-management record

Want a second set of eyes on the workflow?

Bring one completed worksheet or checklist. Ironframe can help map the handoffs, evidence, ownership, and remediation steps into a workable operating process.