ISO/IEC 42001 Clause by Clause: Building the AI Management System

The world’s first certifiable AI management system standard, taken apart clause by clause: context and role determination, leadership and the AI policy, risk and impact assessment planning, support and operation, performance evaluation, and improvement — mapped onto the PDCA cycle.

Content current as of 2026-09.

Lessons

1. What an AIMS is — and is not
2. Clauses 4 and 5 — context, roles, and the AI policy
3. Clause 6 — planning: risk, impact, and the Statement of Applicability
4. Clauses 7 and 8 — support and operation: where paper meets practice
5. Clauses 9 and 10 — check, act, and the mistakes everyone makes