Artifact chain
The design pattern running through this entire program in which artifacts produced in one module are consumed, defended, or attacked in a later module (for example, the lineage map built starting in Module 1 is defended under a red team attack in Module 12), which is why a durable, dated dossier is necessary rather than optional.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 4 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP).
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
The sequence of governance artifacts this program's modules produce, each one built on an earlier artifact and feeding a later one: the estate triage memo, the lineage map, the quality gate, the register of processing, training data rules and datasheets, the exposure report, the agent's trail and access review evidence, data contracts and the living catalog, the Article 10 file, the deletion decision and budget defense, and the incident log and post-incident review, culminating in the dossier that indexes them all.
The sequence of durable, real work products (the filing determination memo, regulatory map, mock filing package, and the other eight listed in Section 3B) that earlier hands-on topics produced and that feed forward into the capstone rather than being discarded after their originating topic.
The design pattern running through this entire program in which artifacts produced in one module are consumed, defended, or attacked in a later module (for example, the lineage map built starting in Module 1 is defended under a red team attack in Module 12), which is why a durable, dated dossier is necessary rather than optional.
The running set of work products this program builds across its ten modules, each produced in one topic and consumed or refined in a later one, that assembles by Module 10 into a learner's own capstone compliance program.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Your command tools: the Briefcase, the professor, the dossier you will build · Taking the Data Chair, Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP)
- Assembling the dossier: every artifact, every decision, one evidence file · The Estate Audit, Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP)
- The Seven Layers of Chinese AI Regulation: Your Map to the Source Material · Onboarding: China Regulates AI First, Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP)
- Capstone Overview and Your Target Organization · Capstone: Build a China Compliance Program, Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP)
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where Artifact chain starts. The lessons above teach it inside the competencies below, which are what job descriptions ask for and what the GAGE credential records. Every link here is drawn from the same careers map that builds a role's readiness check.
Collects, labels and preserves the evidence that a control operated, a decision was made, and a claim can be defended to an auditor or regulator.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Explains training, tokens, context windows, embeddings, retrieval and fine-tuning well enough to ask an engineer a precise question and spot weak evidence.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Runs GOVERN, MAP, MEASURE and MANAGE as a cycle with evidence, builds current and target profiles, and applies the generative AI profile.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Roles that hire for it
Each role page shows the full competency set, what the seat decides, and a readiness check against your own evidence.
- AI Auditorneeds it at depth · 9 open postings this week
- AI Evaluation Specialistneeds it at depth · 6 open postings this week
- AI Governance Engineerneeds it at depth · 7 open postings this week
- AI Model Validatorneeds it at depth
- Chief Audit Executive, AI audit editionneeds it at depth
- Senior AI Compliance Analystneeds working knowledge
How job descriptions say it
Postings rarely use the textbook word. These are the phrases the careers map reads as asking for the competencies above.
Where the frameworks place it: EU AI Act Articles 11 and 12; ISO/IEC 42001 Clause 7.5; NIST AI RMF 1.0; NIST AI 600-1.
One interview question about it
What evidence would you have ready before an auditor asks about an AI system, and how do you produce it as a byproduct of the work?
Asked of candidates for evidence collection and audit-ready documentation. Answering it in your own words is exactly how a GAGE topic is passed, and the credential records the pass where an employer can check it.
If you come from another field
Some backgrounds already carry this competency, and the readiness check gives credit for it.
- Compliance and regulatory affairs carries it as work you can show: Audit-ready documentation is what you produce.
- Internal audit and IT audit carries it as work you can show: Evidence evaluation is the profession.
- Project and program management carries it as a claim to back up: Decision logs and repositories are familiar.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.