Frameworks for evaluating AI investments.
Practical, opinionated writing for people who have to decide which AI initiatives justify investment.
How to Calculate ROI for an AI Project
A practical, defensible method for estimating the return on an AI initiative — and the assumptions that decide whether the number holds.
ReadAI ROI Calculator: A Practical Framework
The inputs, formulas and guardrails behind a business case that survives scrutiny from finance and executive sponsors.
ReadThe Hidden Costs in an AI Business Case
The recurring and operational costs teams routinely underestimate — and why they often decide the outcome.
ReadWhy Productivity Savings Don't Automatically Become Financial ROI
Reclaimed hours are not the same as realized value. The gap between the two is where most AI business cases fail.
ReadHow to Prioritize AI Use Cases
A structured scorecard for choosing which AI initiatives justify investment when you have more ideas than capacity.
ReadHow to Estimate GenAI Implementation Costs
A method for costing a generative AI implementation across development, data, infrastructure and ongoing operation.
ReadHow to Build a Business Case for an AI Agent
Agentic systems change the cost and risk profile of an AI initiative. Here is how to reflect that in the business case.
ReadAI Proof of Concept vs Production Economics
Why a successful proof of concept tells you almost nothing about whether the initiative is economically viable at scale.
ReadAI Business Case Template: What to Include
A defensible AI business case has nine sections. Missing any one of them is why most decks get bounced back for another round of analysis.
ReadAI Readiness Assessment: What Good Looks Like
Readiness assessments fail when they list capabilities without judging them. Here is what a defensible readiness score actually looks like — and how the scoring should work.
ReadWhy Most AI Pilots Don't Scale (And How to Catch It Early)
Pilot success is not evidence of production viability. Here are the four signals that determine whether a pilot will scale — and where in the process to look for them.
ReadAI ROI Calculator vs Hiring a Consultant: When You Need Which
Most AI investment decisions do not need a consultant. Some do. A short, honest guide to which is which — from an advisory practice that also builds the calculator.
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