The Five Perspectives
SIMA360™ organizes AI readiness around five perspectives — Strategy, Governance, Data, People, and Technology. Each one answers a different question about whether AI can be trusted to influence a decision.
Maturity is measured across all five at once. Strength in one doesn't compensate for weakness in another.
Strategy Perspective
Determines which decisions AI is supposed to change, and how the business would know if it stopped
- • Current Situation
- • Vision
- • Competitive Advantage
- • Strategic Choices Roadmap
- • Required Capabilities
- • Execution Model
- • Measures of Success
- • Learning and Adaptation
Each is answered for both the Human-Direction System and the AI-Application System.
Explore Strategy perspectiveGovernance Perspective
Keeps AI-influenced decisions inside their constraints once the system is running
- • Decision Rights
- • Roles and Accountability
- • Policies and Standards
- • Risk, Compliance, and Controls
- • Transparency and Traceability
- • Continuous Monitoring and Improvement
Data Perspective
Determines whether the business keeps learning from the world or from itself
- • Accuracy and Completeness
- • Relevance and Representativeness
- • Consistency and Definition
- • Accessibility and Timeliness
- • Traceability and Lineage, Security and Ethics
- • Interpretation and Application, Continuous Monitoring and Correction
People Perspective
Determines how AI outputs get interpreted, trusted, challenged, or waved through
- • Interpretation Rules
- • Visibility
- • Training as an Evolving System
- • Learning From Failure
- • Guarding Against Overtrust
Technology Perspective
Determines whether the system can sustain change without degrading decision quality
- • Architecture and Adaptability
- • Integration
- • Reliability
- • Security
- • AI Operations and Automation
- • Observability
Find Out Where Your Business Stands
SIMA-Probe™ measures your maturity across all five Perspectives. Start free with your Strategy Perspective.