Documentation gap
A gap where the required process or control exists operationally but is not documented in a form an auditor can verify. Typically has the shortest remediation lead time.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 3 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in EU AI Act Implementation Expert.
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.
A finding where a control genuinely exists and works, but has never been written down or evidenced in a way an auditor or reviewer could independently verify, distinct from a compliance gap where the control does not exist at all.
A gap where the required process or control exists operationally but is not documented in a form an auditor can verify. Typically has the shortest remediation lead time.
A finding in which the underlying compliance practice is likely sound, but the evidence proving it is missing, incomplete, or not in the required format; typically the faster and cheaper of the two gap types to remediate.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first 7 topics of every program are free with a free account.
- Gap Analysis and Remediation Prioritization · Capstone: The Compliance Portfolio, EU AI Act Implementation Expert
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.