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AIGO — Management Review Schema Documentation

1. Document Purpose

This document describes the machine-readable AIGO Management Review Schema. The schema provides the structured representation of management reviews of AI governance arrangements under the AIGO AI Governance Operating Framework. It is intended to support:
  • management review planning;
  • review scope and objectives;
  • review participants and authority;
  • review inputs;
  • AI portfolio review;
  • governance performance;
  • risk performance;
  • control performance;
  • monitoring performance;
  • incident trends;
  • change activity;
  • classification performance;
  • approval performance;
  • human oversight;
  • security and privacy;
  • fairness and impact;
  • assurance results;
  • third-party performance;
  • regulatory developments;
  • governance exceptions;
  • resources and competence;
  • documentation and evidence;
  • stakeholder feedback;
  • governance maturity;
  • continual improvement;
  • management decisions;
  • governance changes;
  • action plans;
  • follow-up;
  • conclusions;
  • approval;
  • closure; and
  • review scheduling.
The JSON schema defines structural requirements. This documentation explains the intended meaning, governance context, validation expectations, and traceability model for management review records.

2. Schema Information


3. Scope

The Management Review Schema applies to formal reviews of the suitability, adequacy, effectiveness, performance, and continuing improvement of AI governance arrangements. A management review may cover:
  • the organization’s AI portfolio;
  • governance arrangements;
  • strategic alignment;
  • risk profile;
  • control performance;
  • monitoring;
  • incidents;
  • changes;
  • assurance;
  • approvals;
  • human oversight;
  • security;
  • privacy;
  • fairness;
  • suppliers;
  • regulatory developments;
  • resources;
  • competence;
  • evidence;
  • governance maturity; and
  • continual improvement.
The review may occur periodically or in response to a significant trigger.

4. Object Model

The primary object represented by this schema is:
A Management Review record represents a formal management-level evaluation of AIGO governance performance and resulting decisions. The Management Review record should remain distinct from:
  • individual risk records;
  • control assessments;
  • monitoring records;
  • incident records;
  • assurance engagements;
  • improvement records;
  • approval records; and
  • operational governance records.
The management review aggregates and evaluates information from those records rather than replacing them.

5. Core Identity

A Management Review record should contain stable identity information. Key fields include:
  • id;
  • objectType;
  • objectVersion;
  • schemaVersion;
  • review type;
  • review scope;
  • review objectives;
  • review inputs;
  • review owner;
  • review authority; and
  • status.
Example:
The review identifier should remain stable throughout the review lifecycle. A materially separate management review should normally have a distinct identifier.

6. Purpose of Management Review

Management review exists to provide management with a structured opportunity to evaluate whether AI governance remains:
  • suitable;
  • adequate;
  • effective;
  • aligned with organizational objectives;
  • proportionate to AI risks; and
  • capable of continual improvement.
The review should convert governance information into management-level decisions.

7. Review Types

A management review may be:
The exact enumeration defined in the JSON schema is authoritative. A triggered review may be initiated by:
  • serious incident;
  • material change;
  • regulatory development;
  • significant assurance finding;
  • major change in AI portfolio;
  • risk exceeding tolerance;
  • governance failure; or
  • another defined governance trigger.

8. Review Owner

The review should have an accountable owner responsible for coordinating:
  • scope;
  • agenda;
  • participants;
  • inputs;
  • analysis;
  • decisions;
  • actions;
  • records;
  • follow-up; and
  • closure.
The review owner may be different from the chair or approving authority.

9. Review Chair

The chair should have sufficient authority to:
  • conduct the review;
  • challenge information;
  • request clarification;
  • facilitate decisions;
  • identify escalation;
  • confirm conclusions; and
  • ensure actions are assigned.
The chair’s authority should be defined through the governance structure.

10. Review Authority

The review authority identifies the governance body or management authority responsible for the review. It may include:
  • executive management;
  • AI governance committee;
  • risk committee;
  • board committee;
  • business-unit leadership;
  • delegated governance authority; or
  • another authorized body.
The authority should have decision rights appropriate to the review scope.

11. Review Scope

The review scope should identify:
  • organizational units;
  • business functions;
  • jurisdictions;
  • AI systems;
  • lifecycle stages;
  • environments;
  • governance domains;
  • review period; and
  • exclusions.
The scope should be sufficiently precise to establish what the management review covers.

12. Review Objectives

Review objectives may include:
  • assess governance effectiveness;
  • evaluate AI risk profile;
  • review control performance;
  • review incidents;
  • review monitoring;
  • review assurance findings;
  • confirm strategic alignment;
  • evaluate resource adequacy;
  • assess regulatory readiness;
  • review governance maturity;
  • identify improvement opportunities; and
  • make governance decisions.
Objectives should be defined before the review where practical.

13. Review Participants

Participants may include:
  • AI governance owner;
  • executive management;
  • AI system owners;
  • risk owners;
  • control owners;
  • security;
  • privacy;
  • legal;
  • compliance;
  • technical leadership;
  • business representatives;
  • assurance representatives; and
  • other subject-matter experts.
Participation should reflect the scope and significance of the review.

14. Quorum

Where the governing body requires a quorum, the management review record should capture:
  • quorum requirement;
  • minimum participants;
  • actual participants;
  • whether quorum was achieved; and
  • rationale for exceptions.
A review performed without required quorum should be identified as such and handled under the applicable governance procedure.

15. Review Period

The record should identify the period being reviewed. For example:
Different inputs may cover different periods. Where relevant, the review should identify the source period for each major metric.

16. Review Inputs

Management review should be evidence-based. Inputs may include:
  • governance performance;
  • AI inventory;
  • risk profile;
  • control assessments;
  • monitoring;
  • incidents;
  • changes;
  • assurance;
  • stakeholder feedback;
  • regulatory developments;
  • accepted risks;
  • exceptions;
  • resources;
  • competence;
  • maturity assessments;
  • improvement activity; and
  • previous management review actions.
The Review Inputs structure should preserve references to source records and evidence.

17. AI Portfolio Review

Management review may evaluate the AI portfolio as a whole. Portfolio information may include:
  • total AI systems;
  • new systems;
  • retired systems;
  • restricted systems;
  • suspended systems;
  • classification distribution;
  • risk distribution;
  • system trends; and
  • significant portfolio changes.
Portfolio-level review can identify concentration or systemic issues.

18. Strategic Alignment

Management should assess whether AI governance remains aligned with organizational strategy. Strategic alignment may consider:
  • organizational objectives;
  • AI strategy;
  • business priorities;
  • risk appetite;
  • stakeholder expectations;
  • technology strategy;
  • regulatory strategy; and
  • sustainability objectives where applicable.
Misalignment may require governance changes or strategic decisions.

19. Organizational Context

Management review should consider significant changes in organizational context. Examples include:
  • organizational restructuring;
  • new business activities;
  • new jurisdictions;
  • acquisitions;
  • divestments;
  • changes in AI strategy;
  • technology changes;
  • supplier changes;
  • stakeholder changes;
  • risk-environment changes; and
  • regulatory developments.
The review should determine whether such changes affect AI governance.

20. Governance Performance

Management review should consider whether governance objectives are being achieved. Performance information may include:
  • governance metrics;
  • decision timeliness;
  • governance coverage;
  • approval performance;
  • control effectiveness;
  • risk treatment;
  • incident trends;
  • assurance findings; and
  • improvement completion.
Performance should be assessed against defined objectives or targets where available.

21. Risk Performance

Management review should evaluate the current AI risk profile. This may include:
  • overall risk level;
  • distribution by risk category;
  • highest risks;
  • risks above tolerance;
  • emerging risks;
  • systemic risks;
  • accepted risks;
  • overdue treatments; and
  • changes since the previous review.
The review should determine whether risk appetite and tolerance remain appropriate.

22. Risk Acceptance Review

Management may review accepted risks. The review may identify:
  • current accepted risks;
  • expiring risk acceptances;
  • changed residual risk;
  • conditions;
  • acceptance authority;
  • monitoring requirements; and
  • whether acceptance should continue.
An existing risk acceptance record remains authoritative for the formal acceptance decision. Management review may recommend continuation, modification, escalation, or revocation.

23. Control Performance

Management review should consider whether key controls are:
  • designed appropriately;
  • implemented;
  • operating effectively;
  • supported by evidence;
  • monitored;
  • independently assessed; and
  • appropriately remediated when deficient.
Critical control failures should receive management attention.

24. Monitoring Performance

Management should review monitoring results. This may include:
  • indicator performance;
  • threshold breaches;
  • monitoring coverage;
  • significant deviations;
  • enhanced monitoring;
  • monitoring gaps;
  • false alerts;
  • monitoring failures; and
  • monitoring effectiveness.
The review should determine whether monitoring remains fit for purpose.

25. Incident Performance

Management review should examine incident activity. Information may include:
  • incidents by severity;
  • open and closed incidents;
  • significant incidents;
  • incident trends;
  • repeat incidents;
  • root causes;
  • control failures;
  • lessons learned; and
  • outstanding remediation.
Systemic incident patterns should result in appropriate risk, control, assurance, or improvement decisions.

26. Change Performance

The review should consider AI-related change activity. This may include:
  • number of changes;
  • material changes;
  • emergency changes;
  • failed changes;
  • rolled-back changes;
  • change-related incidents;
  • overdue changes; and
  • post-change issues.
Repeated change failures may indicate a governance or capability weakness.

27. Classification Performance

Management may review whether AI system classifications remain appropriate. Indicators may include:
  • number of reclassifications;
  • classification disputes;
  • classification-related findings;
  • changes in risk or intended purpose; and
  • regulatory developments.
Significant classification changes may require governance or resource decisions.

28. Approval Performance

Management review may consider:
  • approvals completed;
  • approval delays;
  • conditional approvals;
  • rejected decisions;
  • deferred decisions;
  • overdue approval conditions;
  • emergency approvals; and
  • revoked or expired approvals.
Repeated conditional or emergency approvals may indicate weaknesses in planning or governance.

29. Human Oversight Performance

Management should consider whether human oversight remains effective. Review may include:
  • oversight indicators;
  • review completion;
  • intervention rates;
  • override rates;
  • escalation;
  • competence;
  • workload;
  • automation bias; and
  • oversight-related findings or incidents.
Where human oversight is inadequate, management may require changes to controls, staffing, system design, or operating procedures.

30. Security and Privacy Performance

Management review should consider significant:
  • security events;
  • privacy events;
  • vulnerability trends;
  • unauthorized access;
  • data incidents;
  • privacy findings;
  • control weaknesses; and
  • outstanding remediation.
Material security or privacy concerns may require escalation to specialized governance bodies.

31. Fairness and Impact Performance

Where fairness or impact is relevant, management may review:
  • fairness indicators;
  • impact assessments;
  • affected-person feedback;
  • complaints;
  • differential outcomes;
  • mitigation effectiveness; and
  • unresolved fairness findings.
Management should consider whether observed impacts are consistent with organizational values and applicable requirements.

32. Assurance Performance

Management review should consider assurance activity and findings. This may include:
  • assurance completed;
  • outstanding findings;
  • repeat findings;
  • high-severity findings;
  • overdue remediation;
  • assurance coverage;
  • independence; and
  • conclusion trends.
Management may commission additional assurance where confidence is insufficient.

33. Third-Party Performance

Where AI systems depend on external providers, management may review:
  • supplier risk;
  • assurance status;
  • incidents;
  • changes;
  • service performance;
  • contractual issues;
  • regulatory issues;
  • concentration risk; and
  • termination readiness.
Significant supplier concerns may require changes to contracts, controls, monitoring, or sourcing.

34. Regulatory Performance

Management review should consider changes in:
  • laws;
  • regulations;
  • standards;
  • contractual obligations;
  • regulatory guidance;
  • enforcement trends; and
  • external commitments.
The review should identify governance implications and required actions. External mapping repositories may provide detailed requirement traceability.

35. Governance Exceptions

Management should review open governance exceptions. The review may consider:
  • exception age;
  • risk;
  • compensating controls;
  • expiry;
  • repeated exceptions;
  • exception trends; and
  • whether the underlying requirement should change.
Expired or inappropriate exceptions should be escalated.

36. Resources and Capability

Management review should assess whether governance has sufficient:
  • personnel;
  • competence;
  • technology;
  • funding;
  • specialist expertise;
  • external support; and
  • operational capacity.
Resource constraints that materially affect governance effectiveness should be explicitly documented.

37. Competence and Training

Management may review:
  • required competencies;
  • training completion;
  • specialist skills;
  • role readiness;
  • competence gaps;
  • emerging capability requirements; and
  • training effectiveness.
Material competence gaps may require improvement actions or resource allocation.

38. Documentation and Evidence

Management review should determine whether governance documentation and evidence remain adequate. This may include:
  • documentation completeness;
  • evidence quality;
  • evidence gaps;
  • record retention;
  • traceability;
  • document control; and
  • access controls.
Material evidence weaknesses may reduce governance assurance and should be addressed.

39. Stakeholder Feedback

Management should consider relevant stakeholder feedback. Potential sources include:
  • users;
  • affected persons;
  • customers;
  • employees;
  • suppliers;
  • regulators;
  • assurance providers;
  • complaints;
  • surveys; and
  • governance forums.
Feedback should be considered alongside quantitative governance information.

40. Governance Maturity

Management review may consider current governance maturity. The review may identify:
  • maturity level;
  • strengths;
  • weaknesses;
  • gaps;
  • target maturity;
  • capability priorities; and
  • improvement needs.
Maturity should be treated as a capability indicator rather than a substitute for effective governance.

41. Continual Improvement

Management review is a major source of continual-improvement opportunities. Sources may include:
  • incidents;
  • monitoring;
  • assurance;
  • audits;
  • assessments;
  • stakeholder feedback;
  • technology change;
  • regulatory developments;
  • repeat findings; and
  • maturity assessments.
Improvement records should be managed separately under the Improvement Schema.

42. Management Analysis

Management should analyze the information rather than merely compile it. Analysis may identify:
  • strengths;
  • weaknesses;
  • emerging issues;
  • emerging opportunities;
  • material changes;
  • systemic patterns;
  • recurring failures;
  • governance bottlenecks; and
  • strategic implications.
The analysis should explain what the information means for the governance system.

43. Management Decisions

The Management Review record may capture decisions such as:
The exact enumeration in the JSON schema is authoritative. Each material decision should identify:
  • decision;
  • rationale;
  • owner;
  • due date;
  • evidence; and
  • status where applicable.

44. Overall Management Decision

The review may produce an overall management conclusion. Possible outcomes include:
The overall decision should reflect the totality of the review evidence.

45. Management Review Conclusion

The review may evaluate:

Suitability

Whether the governance arrangement remains appropriate for its intended purpose.

Adequacy

Whether sufficient structures, resources, controls, and processes exist.

Effectiveness

Whether governance is achieving intended outcomes. The conclusion should identify the rationale for each conclusion where practical.

46. Governance Changes

Management review may result in governance changes. Examples include:
  • policy change;
  • role change;
  • authority change;
  • committee change;
  • process change;
  • control change;
  • risk methodology change;
  • monitoring change;
  • assurance change;
  • lifecycle change;
  • documentation change; or
  • resource change.
Governance changes may require separate Change records where applicable.

47. Action Plan

Management review actions should identify:
  • action;
  • owner;
  • priority;
  • target date;
  • source;
  • status;
  • dependencies; and
  • completion evidence.
Actions may include:
  • corrective action;
  • improvement;
  • risk treatment;
  • governance change;
  • resource allocation;
  • assurance;
  • monitoring enhancement; or
  • policy revision.

48. Action Status

Action statuses may include:
The exact enumeration defined in the schema is authoritative. Actions should not be marked complete without adequate evidence where evidence is required.

49. Follow-Up

Management review should define follow-up where decisions or actions remain open. Follow-up should identify:
  • owner;
  • review date;
  • action references;
  • verification evidence;
  • closure criteria; and
  • status.
Material unresolved actions should be escalated in subsequent management reviews.

50. Management Review Approval

Where the review requires formal approval, the record should identify:
  • approval requirement;
  • approving authority;
  • decision;
  • date;
  • conditions; and
  • supporting evidence.
Approval of a management review does not automatically approve every action contained within it unless the authority explicitly has that decision scope.

51. Management Review Closure

The review may be closed when:
  • the review was completed;
  • conclusions were documented;
  • decisions were issued;
  • actions were assigned;
  • required approvals were obtained; and
  • records were retained.
A review may be closed with follow-up where actions remain open.

52. Reopening a Management Review

A completed review may need to be reopened where:
  • material new information emerges;
  • a major decision changes;
  • significant governance failure occurs;
  • the original review omitted material information;
  • assurance identifies a material deficiency; or
  • an external requirement requires reconsideration.
Reopening should preserve the historical review record.

53. Review Inputs and Evidence

Material management decisions should be traceable to:
  • source records;
  • evidence;
  • metrics;
  • assessments;
  • assurance;
  • incidents;
  • monitoring;
  • stakeholder feedback; and
  • other relevant information.
The review should distinguish source information from management interpretation.

54. Management Review and Risk

Management review should connect governance decisions to risk. For example:
Management review may not directly change a Risk record unless the appropriate procedure is followed.

55. Management Review and Controls

Management may determine that controls should:
  • continue;
  • be strengthened;
  • be redesigned;
  • be monitored more closely;
  • undergo assurance;
  • be replaced; or
  • be retired.
Such decisions should be implemented through the appropriate control and change processes.

56. Management Review and Monitoring

Management may decide to:
  • increase monitoring;
  • change indicators;
  • revise thresholds;
  • establish enhanced monitoring;
  • retire ineffective monitoring; or
  • establish new monitoring for emerging risks.
Monitoring changes should be recorded under the Monitoring and Change processes where applicable.

57. Management Review and Assurance

Management may commission assurance when:
  • confidence is insufficient;
  • repeated findings occur;
  • governance effectiveness is uncertain;
  • a high-risk decision is required;
  • major change is planned; or
  • a significant incident has occurred.
The resulting assurance activity should be maintained separately under the Assurance Schema.

58. Management Review and Improvement

Management review is a principal source of improvement priorities. The relationship may be:
The Improvement Schema remains authoritative for improvement execution.

59. Management Review and Retirement

Management review may determine that an AI system should be:
  • continued;
  • restricted;
  • suspended;
  • replaced; or
  • retired.
Where retirement is decided, the Retirement Schema and relevant retirement procedure should govern execution.

60. Management Review Reporting

Management review records may support executive and governance reporting. Useful metrics include:

61. Review Frequency

Management review frequency should be defined by the governance arrangement. Possible schedules include:
  • monthly;
  • quarterly;
  • semi-annual;
  • annual; or
  • event-triggered.
Frequency should consider:
  • AI portfolio complexity;
  • risk;
  • regulatory expectations;
  • incident history;
  • governance maturity; and
  • rate of change.

62. Triggered Reviews

A triggered management review may be required after:
  • serious incident;
  • significant regulatory change;
  • material governance failure;
  • major AI system change;
  • substantial portfolio expansion;
  • material risk exceeding tolerance;
  • major assurance finding;
  • significant supplier failure; or
  • other governance-defined conditions.
Triggered review criteria should be documented.

63. Previous Review Follow-Up

Each management review should consider the status of actions from previous reviews. The review should identify:
  • completed actions;
  • overdue actions;
  • blocked actions;
  • repeated actions;
  • ineffective actions; and
  • actions requiring escalation.
A pattern of repeated overdue actions may indicate a systemic management weakness.

64. Management Review Validation Requirements

A valid Management Review record should satisfy:

Structural Validation

The JSON document must validate against: 11-AIGO-Management-Review-Schema-v0.1.json

Scope Validation

The review scope should be defined.

Objective Validation

Review objectives should be documented.

Input Validation

Material review inputs should be identified.

Authority Validation

The review should be conducted by an authorized management body.

Participant Validation

Required participants or quorum should be addressed.

Evidence Validation

Material conclusions should be supported by relevant evidence and source records.

Decision Validation

Material decisions should identify authority, rationale, owner, and action where required.

Action Validation

Actions should have accountable owners and target dates.

Follow-Up Validation

Required follow-up should be assigned and tracked.

Closure Validation

Closure should satisfy governance requirements.

Traceability Validation

The review should remain traceable to the underlying AI systems, risks, controls, assessments, approvals, monitoring, incidents, changes, assurance, evidence, improvements, and retirement records as applicable.

65. Schema Limitations

JSON Schema cannot independently determine:
  • whether management considered all relevant information;
  • whether management conclusions are reasonable;
  • whether participants have sufficient authority;
  • whether evidence is sufficient;
  • whether strategic alignment is adequate;
  • whether resources are sufficient;
  • whether governance is effective; or
  • whether management decisions are appropriate.
These matters require organizational governance, judgment, evidence, and accountability.

66. Relationship to Templates

The Management Review Schema corresponds primarily to: guidance/03-templates/13-AIGO-AI-Management-Review-Template-v0.1.md It may also use information generated by:
  • AI system templates;
  • risk assessment;
  • control assessment;
  • approval;
  • monitoring;
  • incident;
  • change management;
  • assurance;
  • evidence;
  • improvement; and
  • retirement records.
The Markdown template provides the human-readable review record. The JSON schema provides the machine-readable structure.

67. Relationship to Procedures

The schema should be used with the AIGO management-review process and applicable governance procedures. The management-review process should define:
  • review frequency;
  • inputs;
  • participants;
  • authority;
  • decision rights;
  • outputs;
  • action management;
  • follow-up; and
  • closure.
Where a dedicated management-review procedure is established, the schema should be used as its machine-readable record structure.

68. Framework Traceability


69. Management Review Traceability Model

The recommended traceability chain is:
The review should preserve traceability to the underlying records that support material decisions.

70. Example Record

A conceptual Management Review record may look like:
The actual record must conform to the authoritative JSON schema.

71. Schema Registry Relationship

This schema is registered in: schemas/00-AIGO-Schema-Registry-v0.1.json The registry should maintain:
  • schema identifier;
  • object type;
  • version;
  • controlled path;
  • status;
  • dependencies;
  • referenced schemas;
  • owner;
  • documentation path; and
  • traceability metadata.

72. Change and Version Management

Changes to the Management Review Schema should be managed through AIGO change management. Potential impacts should be assessed against:
  • management review processes;
  • governance committees;
  • review templates;
  • risk reporting;
  • control reporting;
  • monitoring;
  • incident reporting;
  • assurance reporting;
  • improvement management;
  • evidence;
  • executive reporting;
  • external mappings; and
  • validation tooling.
Breaking changes should include migration guidance where necessary.

73. Future Extensions

Future versions may support:
  • board-level review profiles;
  • automated governance dashboards;
  • portfolio trend structures;
  • management decision workflows;
  • quorum enforcement;
  • voting or committee decision structures;
  • integrated KPI and KRI models;
  • automated follow-up;
  • governance maturity analytics;
  • cross-framework management reporting; and
  • machine-readable strategic objectives.
Extensions should preserve management accountability and source-record traceability.

74. Document Control


75. Document Status

Document: AIGO — Management Review Schema Documentation Version: 0.1 Status: Draft Working Name: AIGO Full Name: AI Governance Operating Framework Document Identifier: AIGO-SCHEMA-DOC-011 Document Type: Schema Documentation This document provides the human-readable interpretation, governance context, validation expectations, and traceability guidance for the AIGO Management Review Schema. End of Document