A clear, evidence-based read on how your AI governance actually performs.
A Novara governance assessment measures the distance between the governance an organization believes it has and the governance it can demonstrate under review.
It is one of the most tangible and actionable engagements Novara offers: structured, benchmarked against the Novara Governance Framework, and delivered as findings you can act on immediately.
Governance is only real if it can be shown.
Most organizations discover the limits of their AI governance at the worst possible moment: during a regulator inquiry, a board question, a procurement review, or an incident. An assessment moves that discovery forward, to a point where it is still inexpensive to fix.
Eight dimensions of operational governance.
An assessment examines whether governance exists in practice and can be evidenced, not whether a policy document exists on paper.
Governance Maturity
Whether governance is documented, operational, and repeatable, or improvised case by case as questions arise.
Accountability
Clear ownership for every AI system in use. Who approved it, who monitors it, and who answers when something changes.
Oversight
Review processes, escalation paths, and committee structures that carry real authority beyond policy language.
Documentation
Evidence that decisions were made, by whom, and on what basis. The record that internal and external review actually requires.
Transparency
Explainability built into workflows so that how and why a system is used can be shown, not reconstructed under pressure.
Continuous Monitoring
Structured reassessment as systems change, use cases expand, and expectations develop over time.
Regulatory Readiness
Whether governance can withstand scrutiny from federal and state requirements, accreditation bodies, and auditors.
Procurement Readiness
Whether vendor evaluation, contracting, and third-party AI review produce the documentation procurement increasingly demands.
Benchmarked against the Novara Governance Framework.
Every assessment is structured around the same five interconnected components that define governance built to function in practice. The Framework is not a reference appended at the end. It is the measuring instrument.
The eight dimensions are the operational areas Novara examines. The five Framework components are the structure through which governance maturity is evaluated. Findings by dimension; maturity rating by Framework component.
Accountability
Clear ownership and responsibility for every AI system, including who is answerable when conditions change.
Oversight
Governance structures with genuine authority: review processes, escalation paths, and functioning committees.
Transparency
Documentation and explainability that supports both internal review and external scrutiny, built into workflows.
Operational Governance
Governance embedded into procurement, vendor review, and approval workflows that produce evidence as a matter of course.
Continuous Monitoring
Governance that evolves with AI, with structured reassessment as systems and regulatory expectations change.
Three depths, one standard.
Every tier measures against the same Framework. They differ in scope, depth of evidence review, and the level of the organization the findings are built to support.
Governance Snapshot
- Summary read of all eight dimensions
- AI inventory and workflow scan
- Review of existing policies and documentation
- Priority gap identification
- Governance Snapshot Report with executive findings and priority recommendations
Governance Assessment
- Everything in the Snapshot
- Each of the eight dimensions evaluated against evidence
- Documentation and evidence review
- Regulatory and procurement readiness analysis
- Findings by dimension; maturity rating by Framework component
- Governance Assessment Report and Governance Roadmap
Governance Assurance Program
- Periodic reassessment against the Assessment baseline
- Monitoring as AI systems, use cases and regulatory expectations change
- Board and executive briefing materials
- Governance evidence organization and documentation support
- Ongoing advisory access
- Governance Assurance Reporting and Periodic Governance Reviews
A structured process. Findings you can act on.
A direct conversation to define the AI systems, contexts, and review pressures that matter. No intake forms, no associates.
Structured review of governance practice, documentation, and evidence against each Framework component and readiness dimension.
Clear findings, a maturity read, and a prioritized roadmap of what to address first, sequenced for practical action.
Find out what your governance can demonstrate.
An assessment is the most direct way to understand where you stand before a regulator, board, or auditor asks. The earlier the read, the cheaper the fix.