AI asset lifecycle

concept australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read ai-asset-lifecycle.md

The AI asset life cycle defines the series of stages that you must follow to manage an AI system, AI model, prompt, or dataset throughout its useful life.

AI asset lifecycle stages

The AI asset lifecycle consists of the following stages:

Onboard

The onboard stage is the introduction of an AI asset into your organization. During this stage, you can define important details about the AI asset, including the asset version and documentation.
Assess

The Assess stage is the evaluation of an AI asset to determine its effectiveness, its efficiency, its reliability, and its alignment with your organizational goals. This evaluation includes assessments for the performance, business and risk impact, regulatory compliance, and overall value of each AI asset.
Build and test

The Build and test stage is the development and testing of an AI asset to prepare it for deployment. When you're developing an AI asset, you must create the asset, code any applicable algorithms, and integrate relevant data sources. After you develop the AI asset, you can run tests to verify that it functions correctly, meets your performance standards, and produces accurate results. You can also identify and resolve bugs.
Deploy

The Deploy stage is the integration of an AI asset into your existing workflows. During this stage, you can also set up monitoring to track the performance of the AI asset. You can choose to deploy each AI asset through either a gradual roll-out, in which the asset can be used only by a specific subset of users within your organization, or a full roll-out, in which the asset can be used by any user within your organization.

For more information on Completing AI lifecycle stages, see Complete AI asset lifecycle

For more information on view AI assets by lifecycle stage, see View AI assets by life-cycle stage

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# AI asset lifecycle

The AI asset life cycle defines the series of stages that you must follow to manage an AI system, AI model, prompt, or dataset throughout its useful life.

## AI asset lifecycle stages

The AI asset lifecycle consists of the following stages:

-   **Onboard**

    The onboard stage is the introduction of an AI asset into your organization. During this stage, you can define important details about the AI asset, including the asset version and documentation.

-   **Assess**

    The Assess stage is the evaluation of an AI asset to determine its effectiveness, its efficiency, its reliability, and its alignment with your organizational goals. This evaluation includes assessments for the performance, business and risk impact, regulatory compliance, and overall value of each AI asset.

-   **Build and test**

    The Build and test stage is the development and testing of an AI asset to prepare it for deployment. When you're developing an AI asset, you must create the asset, code any applicable algorithms, and integrate relevant data sources. After you develop the AI asset, you can run tests to verify that it functions correctly, meets your performance standards, and produces accurate results. You can also identify and resolve bugs.

-   **Deploy**

    The Deploy stage is the integration of an AI asset into your existing workflows. During this stage, you can also set up monitoring to track the performance of the AI asset. You can choose to deploy each AI asset through either a gradual roll-out, in which the asset can be used only by a specific subset of users within your organization, or a full roll-out, in which the asset can be used by any user within your organization.


For more information on Completing AI lifecycle stages, see [Complete AI asset lifecycle](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/intelligent-experiences/ai-control-tower/complete-ai-asset-lifecycle.md)

For more information on view AI assets by lifecycle stage, see [View AI assets by life-cycle stage](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/intelligent-experiences/ai-control-tower/view-ai-assets-lifecycle-stage.md)