Lifecycle management and AI Governance
Note The content in this topic is nearly identical to the AI Command Center Lifecycle management content. The only difference is the product name; this topic refers to AI Governance.
Lifecycle management is a platform-wide feature that helps you manage an asset throughout its entire lifecycle, from creation to archive. For complete information on the feature, go to About Lifecycle management.
This topic covers the default Lifecycle management configuration specific to AI-related asset types, including the default lifecycle stages and lifecycle activities.
Lifecycle management for AI-related asset types
Lifecycle management is enabled by default for the following asset types. For all other asset types, it is disabled by default.
- AI Agent
- AI Agent Version
- AI Model Version
- AI Use Case
You can enable or disable Lifecycle management for individual asset types at any time using the Activate Lifecycle tracker toggle in the asset type's global assignment. For guidance, go to Configure the lifecycle stages for an asset type.
Default asset statuses
The following table shows the default asset statuses for each asset type for which Lifecycle management is enabled by default.
| Asset type | Default asset statuses |
|---|---|
| AI Agent |
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| AI Agent Version |
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| AI Model Version |
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| AI Use Case |
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For guidance on how to configure lifecycle stages, go to Configure the lifecycle stages for an asset type.
Default lifecycle activities
The following table shows the default lifecycle activities configured for each asset type for which Lifecycle management is enabled by default.
For complete information, go to Configure lifecycle activities for an asset type.
| Asset type | Lifecycle stage | Assessments | Sign-off activities |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Agent | Under Review | AIUC-1 Compliance Assessment | - |
| Accepted | AIUC-1 Compliance Assessment | - | |
| AI Agent Version | Lifecycle management is enabled by default, but no lifecycle activities are configured. | ||
| AI Model Version | Candidate | Model Business Context | - |
| Under Review |
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| Accepted | - | Model monitoring Sign-off | |
| AI Use Case | Ideation |
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| Development |
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- | |
| Monitoring | Risks and Safeguards assessment | - | |
You can add any of the assessment templates in the Template Gallery, as long as the assessment template is associated with the relevant asset type.
Related topics
For complete information on the Lifecycle management feature, including how to configure lifecycle stages and activities, and important details on when the Lifecycle management for an asset must be manually started, see the following topics:
- About the Governance by design toolkit
- About Lifecycle management
- Enable or disable the Lifecycle management feature
- About the Lifecycle tracker
- Include the Lifecycle tracker on asset pages
- Manually start the asset lifecycle
- Configure lifecycle activities for an asset type
- Configure the lifecycle stages for an asset type
- Working with Smartcheck activities