Subject areaProcess and organisation
Also known asreference structureworking scheme
A framework (a reference structure or working scheme) is an ordered set of concepts, steps and criteria that gives shape to a recurring problem, so that no one starts from zero every time.
It fixes the questions to ask and the order in which to ask them, and leaves to the user the task of giving the answers.
In the articles of the site there are two families: decision schemes, such as the three-lever framework for overcoming AI decision paralysis, and control schemes, such as the AI governance framework (the set of rules, roles and checks that govern the use of artificial intelligence) and the responsible AI framework, built on essential pillars.
In computing the same word means a ready-made structure of code on which an application is built. The sense is identical: someone has solved the part that repeats, and the newcomer deals with what changes.
An example
A sales team adopts a scheme of four questions to ask before every offer: who decides, which problem justifies the spend, what alternative the customer has, what proof we show. The scheme fixes the questions and their order and leaves each salesperson the answer, so two different people prepare offers that can be compared.
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