Choose a bounded priority
Begin with a customer journey or operating constraint that leadership can describe clearly. Examples include loan intake, fragmented reporting or model review handoffs. Define the current process, accountable sponsor, data dependencies and a decision that a short discovery effort must support.
Read the supporting guidance
The Cicrim resource center includes modernization planning, model governance and operational control materials. Use the core modernization readiness assessment to structure discovery; use the AI explainability policy toolkit to clarify documentation and review expectations for a proposed decisioning use case.
Turn reading into a working session
Bring an existing process map, vendor inventory and the questions your team cannot yet answer. Cicrim can help connect strategy to sequencing, ownership and evidence requirements. The next step is an institution-specific assessment, with scope and delivery commitments agreed before implementation.
Plan the next working session
Bring the current process, the accountable business and control owners, and the questions your team needs to resolve. Cicrim can help define a focused scope, expected working outputs and acceptance criteria before delivery begins.
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