The A3 Framework
Staying Ahead of the Curve by Combining Agile, AI, and Audit
By Lynn Wolf-Hill
Internal audit is being asked to move faster, see further, and stay credible as AI reshapes how risk shows up. This book is a practical field guide for doing exactly that, without turning agile into theater or treating AI like magic.
What this book is
This isn’t a manifesto. It’s a field guide for internal audit teams trying to stay rigorous while the pace of change keeps accelerating. The A3 Framework brings together three realities most organizations keep separate: how work actually flows (agile), how AI behaves in the wild (AI), and what assurance must look like when change doesn’t wait (audit).
Who it’s for
If you’re an internal auditor, audit leader, or risk and compliance partner who is being asked to “move faster” without losing credibility, you’re the reader. This book is especially useful when AI is entering workflows through vendors, shadow experiments, automations, or enterprise initiatives and the old audit cycle can’t keep up.
What you’ll get
A practical structure you can reuse
A repeatable way to plan, scope, and communicate audit work that still holds up under scrutiny
Clearer thinking about AI risk
A grounded approach that focuses on what can be tested, monitored, and governed.
Speed without “agile theater”
How to use agile ideas to increase learning and responsiveness, without turning audit into ceremonies.
Tools you can use immediately
Templates and companion materials designed forr real engagements, not theory.
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About the author
Lynn Wolf-Hill works at the intersection of assurance, modern delivery, and emerging technology. She helps audit teams stay credible with leadership while keeping the work grounded in what’s real, testable, and useful.
She wrote The A3 Framework for the moment many audit leaders recognize: AI arrives through vendors, automations, and “helpful tools” long before governance catches up and the traditional audit cycle starts to feel outpaced. Her goal is straightforward: speed up learning without lowering the bar.
Topics: Auditing AI systems · Modernizing audit cycles · Practical governance for fast-moving change
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