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title: "Go/no-go decision"
description: "The signed release decision for one system version, taken by named reviewer roles against a checklist whose items each link the record that answers them."
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/go-no-go-decision
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
version: "0.5.0"
updated: 2026-09-24
---

# Go/no-go decision

The signed release decision for one system version, taken by named reviewer roles against a checklist whose items each link the record that answers them. NIST frames it as the determination whether development or deployment should proceed [1]; the pipeline deploys only on a go.

- Developed in: [ch. 14, The go/no-go gate](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governing-development#the-gono-go-gate)
- Chapters: [ch. 14, Development](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governing-development)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-go-no-go-decision

## Sources

[1] Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0), NIST AI 100-1 (risk tolerance and residual risk; seven trustworthy characteristics; transparency answers "what happened", explainability "how", interpretability "why"; MAP 1.1 intended purposes; MANAGE 1.1 go/no-go determination; profiles). NIST. 2023-01-26. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AI.100-1 (verified: primary)