Architecture

Operational context architecture connects governance to real conditions.

It helps organisations understand the people, processes, systems, data, infrastructure and dependencies that AI-enabled activity may affect.

Why context is architectural

Governance weakens when separated from the organisation.

AI governance becomes weak when it is separated from the organisation it is meant to govern. Operational context architecture provides the structured view needed to understand where AI-enabled activity is being introduced, what it may affect and how governance should be applied.

Operational contextAI-enabled activityPeople & rolesProcessesSystemsDataInfrastructureDependencies
The map shows operational context as an architectural layer: people and roles, processes, systems, data, infrastructure and dependencies.

What the architecture represents

Six operational context categories.

Accountable people & roles

Who is accountable for AI-enabled activity.

Processes & operational activities

The work AI-enabled activity is part of.

Systems & platforms

Where activity takes place.

Data & information flows

What information is involved.

Infrastructure & dependencies

What the activity relies on.

Operational outcomes & consequences

What the activity may affect.

Operational context architecture explains why AI governance needs to be connected to the real organisational conditions around it: people, processes, systems, data, infrastructure and dependencies. Cortex Atlas is the related platform plane.

Start with operational context.

Operational context architecture provides the structured view AI governance depends on.