Expert Review
What an expert review actually reveals
Assessments provide orientation. An expert review goes further by comparing the organization’s stated governance model with the systems and dependencies that operate in practice.
Declared structure and actual structure
Formal process maps often describe how work is expected to happen. Expert review examines the tools, handoffs and decision paths through which work actually happens.
The difference can reveal unmanaged AI use, unclear ownership and critical dependencies that are absent from governance records.
Evidence across boundaries
Relevant evidence is usually distributed across technical, commercial and operational teams. Reviewing those boundaries helps identify where controls depend on assumptions or informal knowledge.
The review focuses on coherence: whether inventories, policies, owners and review mechanisms describe the same operating reality.
A prioritized result
The output should distinguish immediate exposure from longer-term maturity work. That allows organizations to address material gaps without turning governance into an undifferentiated transformation program.