First use case
- 10 to 12 weeks
- For Executives
- Online · On site
An engagement of 10 to 12 weeks that takes one AI use case from idea to an approved, funded and staffed start. Together we choose the use case with the best mix of value and feasibility, build its value case with finance, define what the solution must do, choose who delivers it and get it started, with tracking in place from day one.
Is this for you?
Leadership teams that want results on one real example before committing to a company-wide strategy, or that have a strong idea without a value case, design or delivery plan. If you need the full strategy first, see AI strategy & roadmap.
A core team of 5 to 8 people: an executive sponsor, the process owner, finance, IT and data, and risk or legal.
None required. Helpful: Where to start with AI or the AI Readiness & Value Scan.
Core objectives
- 01Choose the right first use case on value, feasibility and time to value
- 02Build its value case with finance, on today's figures
- 03Redesign the process and define what the solution must do: functions, data and controls
- 04Decide whether to build, buy or partner, and select who delivers
- 05Get it approved, staffed and started, with tracking in place
A company-wide AI strategy is not always the right first step.
One real example, with a value case finance trusts and clear results, often convinces an organization more than any plan, and it creates a way of working you can repeat.
How it works
- 01 Select one use case, chosen with your leadership
- 02 Design value case, process and sourcing
- 03 Mobilize delivery team contracted, build started
The engagement runs in three phases. Select: a short readiness check, your existing ideas scored, and one use case chosen with your leadership. Design: today's figures agreed with finance, the value case, the redesigned process, the requirements, the sourcing decision, supplier selection and internal approval. Mobilize: the delivery team contracted, the pilot team and adoption plan in place, KPI tracking running and the build started under agreed controls. Your core team works alongside ours in on-site workshops and regular online working sessions, with assignments in between. Building the solution itself is a separate engagement with the party you choose.
Deliverables
- A selection memo: why this use case, and which ones come next
- A value case checked by finance
- Solution requirements: functions, data and controls
- A build, buy or partner decision, with the supplier selection
- An approval file: risk class, controls and entry in your AI register
- A pilot plan with KPIs, stop criteria and an adoption plan
- A decision memo to start the build, with the criteria to scale or stop
What comes next
First use case
Proof, on one real example, of how AI pays off in your company.