Executive summary
A template that helps finance and transformation leads decide whether an AI proposal deserves funding. It shows which business case numbers rest on evidence and which are untested, and it ties funding stages to closing those gaps.
What is inside
What this asset covers
A repeatable appraisal method with written-out formulas and evidence-grading anchors. It includes a decision rule for funding, staging, redesigning or declining, rules for separating capacity from cash, governance gates and a risk register, KPI definitions with owners, a synthetic worked example with a failure case and exercise, and copyable templates for the assumption register, source log, research question log, option worksheet and challenge checklist.
- Purpose and decision
- Context and applicability
- Inputs and evidence
- Definitions and assumptions
- Method and analytical logic
- Current-state assessment
- Options and business case
- Recommended design
- Execution and activation
- Governance and risk
- Measurement and benefits
- Worked example and practice
- Working tools and references