How to Assess an AI System
Examination Perspective
Purpose
COM-020 provides a practitioner methodology for examining a defined AI system against identified requirements and controls through a disciplined chain of assessment question, scope, applicable requirement/control, mechanism, evidence, provenance, verification, alternative explanation, finding, limitation and bounded conclusion.
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Document ID: ODA3-2026-08-WHP-COM-020
Title: How to Assess an AI System
Subtitle: Examination Perspective
Document Type: WHP — Adoption Guide
Version: 1.0
Classification: Public — GEL v1.0
Publication state: Final Version 1.0
Publication date: August 2026
Publisher: ODA3 Institute
Copyright: © 2026 ODA3 Pvt Ltd
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COM-020 is a practitioner methodology for organizations examining their own AI systems. It does not describe or activate an ODA3 assessment or certification programme, grant assessment authority, or establish conformity, certification, functional safety, or an independent assurance conclusion. Findings remain bounded to the stated system, scope, period, conditions, evidence basis and procedure.