Governed AI adoption
Governed AI adoption and workflow assessment guide
Governed AI adoption starts with a defined business task, approved information, a named owner and explicit limits on what the system can read, create or change. High-impact actions need human approval, useful logging, safe failure behaviour and a tested way to suspend access.
Control checklist
What to verify first.
Use evidence from the real environment. A written policy without current configuration, ownership or testing is not enough.
Name the business outcome, workflow owner and people affected by the AI-enabled decision.
Inventory prompts, models, data sources, retrieval stores, tools and external services.
Classify information before deciding what the workflow may read or retain.
Give each tool and connector the minimum permission needed for the defined task.
Require human approval before external communication, material changes or sensitive decisions.
Test prompt injection, misleading source content, excessive agency and unsafe tool sequences.
Log inputs, tool calls, approvals, outputs and exceptions at a proportionate level.
Define suspension, rollback, incident handling and periodic review before production use.
Decision flow
Move from uncertainty to evidence.
The sequence keeps discovery, control changes and proof connected.
- 01
Define
Choose one bounded workflow with a measurable business outcome and owner.
- 02
Constrain
Limit data, tools, actions, retention and external communication.
- 03
Test
Challenge instructions, source content, permissions and failure behaviour.
- 04
Operate
Monitor evidence, exceptions and value with a working suspension route.
Assessment template
Record control status and evidence.
Use the blank fields in a workshop or print this page. Mark a control evidenced only when the supporting record is current and attributable.
Related service
AI Automation & Assistants
Design and operate useful AI workflows with approved data, constrained permissions, human checkpoints and retained evidence.
Official sources
Continue with primary guidance.
Requirements and platform capabilities change. Confirm time-sensitive decisions against the current source.
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