Lifecycle View

Eight stages from inception to retirement — each stage faces a different mix of risks.

01

Inception

6 risks

Framing the problem and assessing feasibility — biased assumptions made here persist for the entire system lifetime.

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02

Design & Development

35 risks

Data collection, model design and training — where data-quality and supply-chain risks concentrate.

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03

Verification & Validation

2 risks

Validating performance, bias and security weaknesses — the cost of inadequate testing only surfaces after launch.

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04

Deployment

31 risks

The turning point where the system goes live; permission, integration and configuration errors cluster here.

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05

Operation & Monitoring

133 risks

Real-world inputs hit the system: abuse, drift, hallucination and security incidents mostly erupt at this stage.

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06

Continuous Validation

0 risks

Ongoing measurement of performance and risk indicators after launch — catching drift and degradation early; the newly added eighth-stage safeguard.

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    Re-evaluation

    0 risks

    Periodic review against goals and regulations — systems that skip re-evaluation accumulate hidden risk.

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      Retirement

      2 risks

      Decommissioning and data disposal: forgotten models, data and credentials are the tail risks most often overlooked.

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