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COMPEL Glossary / accountability-matrix
Accountability matrix
A mapping of accountable owners to AI risks, controls, systems, and outcomes — a single place the organization can inspect to see "who is accountable for what" in AI governance.
What this means in practice
Required evidence for NIST AI RMF GOVERN 2.1 and for EU AI Act providers demonstrating organizational responsibility structures.
Synonyms
AI accountability matrix , NIST GOVERN 2.1 matrix
See also
- RACI / RAPID / DACI — Three named decision-rights frameworks with different emphasis: RACI (responsible, accountable, consulted, informed) clarifies ownership; RAPID (recommend, agree, perform, input, decide) separates decide from perform; DACI (driver, approver, contributors, informed) emphasizes the driver as single point of execution.
- Authority chain — The traceable lineage from an organization's decision-rights authority — through any delegating humans — to the agent executing the action.