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AI governance resources often assume you have a project manager, a compliance team, and an established governance function. That's not most people's reality. AIPMO is built to meet you where you are.

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Two Dimensions That Matter

We've organized AIPMO content around two questions that determine what kind of help you actually need — not company size, not job title, but where you are right now.

1. How mature is your organization's AI governance?

This isn't about company size — it's about what exists. A 10,000-person enterprise with no AI-specific policies is still starting from scratch.

Greenfield

No formal AI governance. No established policies, templates, or processes. You're building from zero.

Emerging

Some awareness, early efforts. Maybe a few policies exist, or you're creating the first repeatable processes.

Established

Formal AI governance function. Policies, review boards, compliance integration — you're working within existing structure.

2. What resources and support do you have?

This is about who's doing the work and what help is available.

Solo

It's you. Maybe a small team, but no dedicated governance, compliance, or PM support.

Supported

You have some backing — executive sponsorship, partial involvement from legal or compliance, maybe a PM.

Embedded

You're part of or working alongside a dedicated team — governance function, PMO, compliance, or ethics board.

Find Your Starting Point

These two dimensions combine to define your context. Most readers land in the upper-left — Greenfield maturity, limited support. AIPMO content is designed with that reality in mind.

Maturity	Solo	Supported	Embedded
Greenfield	Data scientist at startup, solo consultant, small team shipping AI	Technical lead with exec backing, first PM on AI projects	Enterprise team with resources, but no AI governance yet
Emerging	One person building process alone	PM + growing governance involvement	Dedicated team formalizing practices
Established	Rare	PM coordinating with compliance and legal	Full AI governance function in place

Where to Start

Depending on your context, your reading path will look different. Here are three common profiles and the articles that will give you the clearest footing.

For PMs & Technical Teams — Greenfield

Building from scratch with limited support

Plain-language explanations, minimum viable approaches, and templates you can use immediately. No assumption of PM training or governance background. You don't need a 50-page policy — you need enough structure to ship responsibly and cover your bases. Start with risk classification to understand what level of governance you actually need, then work through the impact assessment and risk register guides.

AI Risk Registers → AI Impact Assessments → All Playbooks →

For Risk & Compliance Professionals

Mapping AI governance to what you already know

Translation, not duplication. AIPMO maps AI governance to frameworks you already know — risk management, impact assessment, documentation standards, audit trails. Understanding how project teams think helps you provide guidance they'll actually follow. Start with the foundational frameworks, then move into the PM-specific playbooks to see how governance decisions get operationalized in practice.

OECD AI Principles → ISO 42001 → All Insights →

For Established Teams

Integration and organizational alignment

Guidance on aligning AI projects with existing compliance, governance, and PMO frameworks. How to work with review boards, satisfy audit requirements, and coordinate across functions without rebuilding what already works. The focus here is on the integration points — where AI governance plugs into your existing change management, vendor management, and monitoring processes.

Human Oversight → Stakeholder Engagement → Third-Party AI →

Free vs. Member Content

Free articles give you the concepts, frameworks, and principles — enough to understand what good looks like and make informed decisions. Member playbooks give you implementation: step-by-step processes, templates, and detailed guidance tailored to your maturity level.

Not sure whether membership makes sense for you? The AI Governance Advisor is free to try — ask it a governance question and see what the platform can do before committing.

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