Running and Managing System Assessments

Update: 2026-01-21

Overview

Grace provides structured workflows for executing system-level assessments. Users can start new assessments, reuse previous versions, and maintain a complete history for governance, audit, and risk tracking purposes.

User Guide

1. Accessing System Assessments

• Navigate to Systems in the registry.
• Select a specific system to open its details page.
• Go to the Assessments section to view all assessments assigned to that system.

2. Starting an Assessment

• Click on an assigned assessment to begin the process.
• You have two options:
  • Start with an empty assessment (new assessment run)
  • Load a previous version of the assessment, if one exists
• Loading a previous version is useful when reassessing a system with similar inputs or updated information.

3. Completing the Assessment

• Proceed through the questionnaire by answering each question.
• Navigate using the Next button.
• The assessment follows a guided wizard-style flow.

4. Assessment Completion and Status

• After all questions are answered, the assessment moves into the Completed state.
• Each completed assessment run is stored as a separate version.

5. Assessment History and Traceability

• Repeating the same assessment multiple times results in a growing list of completed assessment versions.
• This provides a full historical record of:
  • Previous answers
  • Changes over time
  • Reassessment outcomes

6. Benefits for Governance and Reassessment

• Maintaining multiple assessment versions supports:
  • Reassessment cycles
  • Audit readiness
  • Risk categorization tracking of AI systems
  • Traceability of previously reported information
• Example: Track how the risk classification of an AI system evolves over time without losing historical context.

7. Summary

• Structured execution of system-level assessments
• Reuse of previous assessment versions
• Full audit trails and traceability
• Support for ongoing governance and compliance processes