Is this AI investment capable of producing value?
Use this review when an AI pilot, license renewal, workflow problem or investment decision needs a credible pathway from model output to organizational value.
Use this when
An AI pilot performs a task but its financial or operational return is unclear.
Leaders are comparing use cases or deciding whether to renew, expand or stop.
Staff adoption, review effort, data quality or workflow friction may absorb expected gains.
Mission, equity, trust or public-value implications must be considered alongside efficiency.
Decision produced
A decision to proceed, redesign, defer or stop one bounded AI-enabled workflow, with the evidence, conditions and next test made explicit.
Included
One recurring workflow and one organizational unit.
Review of agreed materials and up to three interviews or one focused workshop.
Workflow, stakeholder, data and decision-rights mapping.
Value hypothesis and baseline or evidence-gap statement.
6F FIT and proportionate risk review.
Executive decision brief and readout.
Excluded
Enterprise-wide AI strategy.
Production software development or systems integration.
Cybersecurity testing, legal opinion or formal financial audit.
Guaranteed savings, revenue, impact or adoption.
Definition of done
The sponsor can identify the intended value, material dependencies, evidence available, unresolved risks, decision owner and next action.
Indicative timing: 7 to 10 business days after required inputs and access are ready.