Agentic AI Transformation

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Decision rights and approvalsDefine approvals for autonomy and exceptionsCROHead of AI Governance (Decisioning and Forums)AccountabilityGovernanceXS
Agentic control library and automated control selectionAutomate control selection for agent risk tiersCROControl Library Product Owner (AI Governance)ControlsGovernanceM
Automated validation and testingExpand testing to multi-step agent behaviourCRO (with CIO)Head of AI Assurance / Testing and ValidationControlsGovernanceM
Human-in-the-loop control pointsDefine approval points for autonomous actionsCROAI Governance Controls Lead (Approvals and Escalations)ControlsGovernanceS
Committee mapping (Risk, IT, Data, Responsible AI, etc)Clarify committee approvals for autonomous actionsCROGovernance Office / Company Secretariat (with Risk)Operating model and committeesGovernanceXS
Expand AI committee remit to include oversight of agentic AIExtend committee remit to agent oversightCROAI Governance Secretariat / Committee ManagerOperating model and committeesGovernanceXS
RACI and decision pathways for agent go-liveDefine go-live and escalation decision pathwaysCROAI Governance Operating Model LeadOperating model and committeesGovernanceS
Accountability policy and ownership modelDefine owners across agent bundlesCROHead of AI Governance Operating ModelPoliciesGovernanceS
AI risk appetite statements and autonomy boundsSet autonomy limits in risk appetiteCROHead of Risk Appetite and GovernancePoliciesGovernanceS
Policy suite uplift across risk taxonomyAlign policy suite for agent operationsCROHead of Enterprise Risk Policy / Risk FrameworksPoliciesGovernanceM
Responsible agent rulesCreate scenario-based rules for agent choicesCRO (with CCO)Responsible AI Lead / AI Ethics OfficePoliciesGovernanceS
Exception handling processesGovern exception requests, approvals and revocationCRORisk Exceptions Owner (AI)Policy enforcementGovernanceS
Agent risk assessment frameworkExpand risk assessment for autonomous actionsCROHead of AI Risk Management (2nd line)Risk managementGovernanceM
Continuous monitoring standardsDefine agent monitoring standards and thresholdsCROAI Risk Monitoring Lead (KRIs/KPIs)Risk managementGovernanceS
Fairness auditsMonitor fairness in autonomous decisionsCRO (with CCO)Responsible AI Assurance Lead (Fairness)Risk managementGovernanceM
Responsible AI ceremoniesRun responsible AI ceremonies for agent actionsCRO (with CCO)Responsible AI Lead (Governance Rituals)Risk managementGovernanceS
Risk, controls, and compliance literacyUpskill teams on autonomy risk and evidencingCRORisk Training Lead (2nd line enablement)Skills and capability buildingPeopleS
Go-live readiness checklist and gatesAdd autonomy gates to go-live readinessCROAI Go-live Controls Owner (1st/2nd line)Inventory and discoveryProcess & toolingS
Metadata schema and classification taxonomyClassify agents by autonomy, risk and accessCRO (with CDO)AI Governance Taxonomy OwnerInventory and discoveryProcess & toolingM
Pre-deployment evaluation (capability and safety)Operationalise pre-deployment evaluation and acceptance thresholdsCROAI Assurance Lead (Evaluations)Lifecycle managementProcess & toolingM
Behaviour monitoring (actions, tool use)Track tool calls, overrides and failuresCRO (with COO)AI/Agent Monitoring Product OwnerMonitoring and observabilityProcess & toolingM
Risk signal monitoring (incidents, drift alerts)Operate KRI alerts for agent fleetsCROAI Risk Monitoring LeadMonitoring and observabilityProcess & toolingM
Control gating and approvals in CI/CDGate releases by risk tier and evidenceCRO (with CISO)Secure Release Governance LeadSDLC and pipelinesProcess & toolingM
Model governance and versioningGovern versions across complete agent bundlesCRO (with CIO)Head of AI Governance (Agent Bundle Release Management)Foundation modelsTechnologyM
Enhanced agent observability requirements (incl drift triggers)Monitor autonomy patterns, overrides and driftCOO (with CRO)AI/Agent Observability Lead (Ops)ControlsGovernanceM
Scenario stress-testingStress-test end-to-end autonomous workflowsCOO (with CRO)AI Resilience Testing Lead / Red Team LeadRisk managementGovernanceM
Oversight training and certification (approvers/owners)Certify approvers on autonomy risks and controlsCHRO (with CRO)L&D Lead + AI Governance LeadSkills and capability buildingPeopleS