The Index

How ready is your AI program?

The method behind every engagement: twelve dimensions of readiness, each scored on cited evidence. Further down, a separate two-minute self-score from the Examiner Question Checklist. No email required.

Scored on evidence.

12 DIMENSIONS / CITED EVIDENCE

Twelve dimensions. One number your executive team can act on.

Every dimension is scored on cited evidence gathered in interviews and system reviews, and every score comes with the sequence that closes the gap. Your score is the board slide. The method is shared in the engagement, with the evidence file that supports it.

D1 / Board & Strategy Alignment
D2 / Data Quality & Accessibility
D3 / Data Governance & Permissible Use
D4 / AI Governance & Policy
D5 / Vendor & Third-Party AI Posture
D6 / Platform & Integration Architecture
D7 / Member-Facing AI Readiness
D8 / Lending & Credit-Decisioning AI
D9 / Back-Office & Productivity AI
D10 / Team Capability & Adoption
D11 / Examiner Readiness & Compliance Evidence
D12 / Measurement & Value Tracking
Sample Index Scorecard: an illustrative scorecard for a fictional institution, showing twelve scored dimensions and three priority findings
What a finished scorecard looks like. Illustrative sample. Fictional institution; no relation to any real institution of similar name. Shows the format, not a past engagement.

Two minutes. Your number.

10 QUESTIONS / 2 MINUTES
FROM THE EXAMINER QUESTION CHECKLIST
NO EMAIL REQUIRED

Separate from the Index, and yours to keep.

Ten questions drawn from our Examiner Question Checklist, built from what examiners ask about third-party risk, model risk, and fair lending. An independent self-check written by Deployed Advisory, not an official examination checklist. Answer honestly. Nobody sees this unless you choose to share it.

INVENTORY & GOVERNANCE

Do you maintain a single inventory of every AI capability in use, including AI features embedded in your vendors' platforms?

INVENTORY & GOVERNANCE

Has your board adopted an AI policy or charter, with a named accountable executive?

THIRD-PARTY RISK

Does every AI vendor have a completed due-diligence file: data flows, testing evidence, contract terms?

THIRD-PARTY RISK

When an existing platform switches on a new AI feature, does it pass a review before activation?

MODEL RISK & LENDING

For any model influencing lending or pricing: was it validated before launch, and is it monitored since?

MODEL RISK & LENDING

Could you produce specific, explainable adverse-action reasons for a model-influenced decision today?

DATA

Is the data feeding your AI documented for lineage and permissible use?

DATA

Is there an acceptable-use policy, with training, preventing staff from putting member data into public AI tools?

MONITORING & BOARD

Does every deployed AI capability have defined metrics reviewed on a cadence, with evidence you could show?

MONITORING & BOARD

Does your board receive regular AI reporting that shows up in the minutes?

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Scored below 16? A thin score is a common starting point, and much of it is documentation work.

Directional and self-reported, and separate from the Index. Answers stay in your browser unless you request the checklist.

The method behind every engagement.

Twelve dimensions we check, on evidence we review. The first engagement takes two weeks at one fixed fee, quoted before we start, and ends in a decision brief with a clear call.