Assign an internal owner for updates: Which missing control most directly addresses the company’s continuing
Vendor involvement does not remove internal responsibility; an internal owner must monitor changes, impacts, and fallback.
The question
A customer-service company uses a vendor’s conversational AI. The contract addresses vendor security and performance, while the company has trained agents and an internal escalation channel. No internal owner monitors whether the vendor’s updates change customer-impacting behavior or whether fallback remains workable. Which missing control most directly addresses the company’s continuing governance duty?
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- Add stronger vendor warranty language.Warranties allocate contractual remedies, but they do not establish operational ownership of ongoing customer-service governance.
- Request quarterly vendor performance reports.Vendor reports provide supplier information, but they do not ensure the company independently monitors customer impacts and fallback readiness.
- Assign an internal owner for updates, impacts, and fallback. ✓An internal owner preserves deployment accountability by monitoring vendor changes, customer effects, and the viability of fallback procedures.
- Require vendor approval before internal escalation.Vendor approval could delay response and improperly places customer-impact decisions outside the deploying organization’s control.
The trap
Treat vendor controls as complementary; identify the internal owner needed for deployment oversight. How to remember it
Vendor involvement does not remove internal responsibility; an internal owner must monitor changes, impacts, and fallback.
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