Classify by consequential use: Which approval approach satisfies risk-tiered governance?
The use that influences performance action determines the risk tier, even when the underlying assistant also supports routine drafting.
The question
An internal employee assistant drafts routine policy answers. Managers now plan to use its suggestions when deciding who receives performance-improvement plans. The same model would therefore support both low-impact drafting and a consequential employment process. Which approval approach satisfies risk-tiered governance?
Preparing for AIGP? Take the free 5-min readiness quiz →
- Classify by consequential use, not assistant branding. ✓Risk classification should reflect the employment decision supported, rather than the assistant’s general-purpose label or routine drafting origin.
- Approve the drafting use and separately document manager preferences.Documenting preferences does not classify or control the newly consequential performance-management use.
- Keep one low-risk tier because the assistant remains internal.Internal deployment does not make every use low risk when outputs influence consequential employee decisions.
- Use the vendor’s default risk category for every department.A supplier category may not reflect this organization’s use, decision impact, population, or accountability arrangements.
The trap
Classify the use case and decision impact, not merely the model, department, or deployment location. How to remember it
The use that influences performance action determines the risk tier, even when the underlying assistant also supports routine drafting.
How many of these would you get right?
One of 1581 AIGP questions on Certsqill. Take a free five-minute check and see your score per domain — not one number, but which section to open tonight.
Test your AIGP readiness — freeMore Understanding the Foundations of AI Governance questions
- Pause use until an owner and suitability evidence are: Which approach is most defensible? →
- Name an owner: Which record element best satisfies all four requirements? →
- Require subgroup performance evidence for the intended: Which requirement addresses the key evidence gap? →
- All 337 Understanding the Foundations of AI Governance questions →
Part of the Certsqill AIGP question bank · Understanding the Foundations of AI Governance ·
Every answer, right and wrong, comes with its own explanation.