Helmark · AI Delivery Governance

AI writes your code faster than your team understands it.

A free, tool-agnostic standard for classifying AI involvement, scaling verification and protecting the team's understanding of its own system.

FREE Helmark StandardBASIC ADOPTION IN ONE WEEKNO NEW TOOLS
DELIVERY CONTROLCORE
AI involvementGenerated · human verified
Prompt descriptionAttached
VerificationScenario passed
Review2 approvals
Accountable humanJ.Doe

THE FOUNDING RULE

Accountability never transfers to a tool.

If AI-generated code reaches production, a human owns the result. Every Helmark rule follows from that single principle.

HOW IT WORKS

Three mechanisms. One practical system.

01

Classify & verify

Every task gets NONE, ASSIST or CORE. More AI means more evidence and a stronger review.

02

Protect understanding

Knowledge Anchors, Handover sentences, Focus Blocks and a weekly Cognitive Debt Signal.

03

Adopt & audit

Install the basics in one week, then build operational maturity over time with artefact-backed audit questions.

Helmark adds a small set of required accountabilities, evidence rules and recurring controls. It does not replace your delivery framework or establish legal, security or regulatory compliance.

TRAINING

Turn the standard into a working system.

Two certification paths: HDP for practitioners applying the standard in their own work, and HDL for leaders implementing it across a team.

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HDP
Delivery PractitionerHDP · practitioner level
HDL
AI Delivery LeadHDL · leadership level

DESIGNED FOR DELIVERY TEAMS

Works with your existing delivery process.

1 weekto start the basics
3 labelsNONE · ASSIST · CORE
10 questionsfor artefact-backed audit
0 new toolsrequired

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