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title: "Maturity floor"
description: "The single overall maturity level of an AI governance function: the level of its weakest stack layer."
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/maturity-floor
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: 2026-09-25
---

# Maturity floor

The single overall maturity level of an AI governance function: the level of its weakest stack layer. It is a floor for planning, not a verdict on the whole function. The per-layer profile shows where the leverage is, and the next move is the next criterion in the weakest layer.

- Developed in: [ch. 07, Observable criteria by layer and level](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/maturity-model#observable-criteria-by-layer-and-level); [Toolkit: Maturity self-check](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/toolkit/maturity-self-check)
- Chapters: [ch. 07, Maturity Model](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/maturity-model)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-maturity-floor

## Sources

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