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Deployment Decision Record (DDR)

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The artefact that records the decision to deploy an AI system: objective, the people it acts on, negative space, risk tier and obligations, per-group performance floors, retirement conditions, owner and approver. It is committed with the system's code; its floors become eval-gate thresholds.

Developed in
ch. 15, The Deployment Decision Record
Chapters
ch. 15, Deployment
Source
Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source

Where it is used

2 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Deployment Decision Record (DDR): mentions per chapter17 mentions of the term across 2 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter06 The Role: 1 mention06 The Role115 Deployment: 16 mentions15 Deployment16No mentions in the other 21 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Deployment Decision Record (DDR): mentions per chapter17 mentions of the term across 2 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter00010203040506 The Role: 1 mention1060708101112131415 Deployment: 16 mentions16151617181920212223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of Deployment Decision Record (DDR) per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role1No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map0No
10 Reading List0No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment16Yes
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No

Patterns that use this term

One pattern page uses the term.

Deployment Decision Record (DDR): related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern05 AssuranceDeployment Decision Record (DDR)Related terms (3)AI system · RelatedAI systemNegative space · RelatedNegative spaceRisk tier · RelatedRisk tierPatterns using it (1)Disclosure & Notification Pipeline, 2 mentions · Uses the termDisclosure & Notification…
Deployment Decision Record (DDR): related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern05 AssuranceRelated terms (3)AI system · RelatedAI systemNegative space · RelatedNegative spaceRisk tier · RelatedRisk tierPatterns using it (1)Disclosure & Notification Pipeline, 2 mentions · Uses the termDisclosure & Notification…DeploymentDecision Record(DDR)
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
Neighbourhood as a table
Neighbourhood of Deployment Decision Record (DDR)
FamilyItemRelation
Related termsAI systemRelated
Related termsNegative spaceRelated
Related termsRisk tierRelated
Patterns using itDisclosure & Notification Pipeline, 2 mentionsUses the term
  • Negative space

    The uses an AI system is explicitly not for, written into its Deployment Decision Record.

  • AI system

    For governance, the object the AI definition brings into scope.

  • Risk tier

    An organisation's own rating of an AI use case, computed at intake by a versioned policy from declared profile fields such as autonomy, decision impact…

Sources

No external source: the term is coined or used in a specific sense by this Body of Knowledge, and the section linked under "Developed in" is its source.

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Deployment Decision Record (DDR). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/deployment-decision-record-ddr. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026deploymentdecisionrecordddr,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Deployment Decision Record (DDR)}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/deployment-decision-record-ddr}
}