AI9GM: AI-Centric IT Governance Model

The AI-Centric IT Governance Model (AI9GM) is a six-layer meta-framework for enterprise IT governance under artificial intelligence load. It sits atop established standards (COBIT, ITIL, ISO frameworks and others). It draws from decades of enterprise practice. It does not replace those foundations.

"AI doesn't replace IT governance. It elevates the need for it."

Most established IT governance frameworks were designed before AI became a core operational and strategic driver. AI9GM does not start from scratch. It places structured AI-readiness thinking over those foundations and gives organizations a strategic compass, not a checklist of prescriptions.

What makes it different: decision rights

Standards and control catalogs say what must be governed. They often leave who decides implicit. AI9GM publishes 94 decisions with permanent identifiers across the six layers. For each decision the model names who Decides, who is Consulted, who Executes and what Evidence must survive (plus a delegated band where one applies).

That allocation is the load-bearing surface. Layer 4 (Control) holds a large share of the catalog. Every layer still carries its own rights. The published site renders the full allocation and keeps each decision address stable so a citation survives an edit to the title text.

The six layers

Each layer states scope boundaries, inputs and outputs, required artifacts, metrics, maturity descriptors and a standards crosswalk beside its decision-rights table. The ordering is dependency. A weak lower layer compromises everything above it.

The governing principle is governance that enables progress, not governance for its own sake. Adopt what moves the organization with fewer false starts. Return to the rest as scale and complexity grow.

Published under STRATA

The framework is live at ai9gm.com. The current site is an Astro 7 publication (Lotus theme) built under STRATA Protocol governance. It is a live application of the method in Methodology. The WordPress predecessor is retired.

Document first. Derive architecture from intent. Gate each phase on human review. Keep the artifact trail.

v0.9 ships the six layer specifications, the decision-rights catalog, a maturity model, a limitations register, a self-assessment and a correction path. It does not claim certification, community governance or an implementation network outside the authoring organization.