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AI Use Case Prioritisation Framework

Every organisation starts an AI programme with more ideas than capacity. This framework gives you a structured, defensible way to prioritise which AI use cases to build first - based on business impact, data readiness, technical complexity, and time-to-value. We've used this with clients from Series A startups to Fortune 500 companies to identify the right first AI investment.

AI Use Case Prioritisation Framework

What's inside

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Section 1: The four scoring dimensions - business impact, data readiness, technical complexity, time-to-value

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Section 2: The scoring matrix - how to rate each use case on each dimension

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Section 3: Weighting by context - how to adjust weights for your organisation's constraints

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Section 4: The prioritisation conversation - how to use the framework in a leadership team discussion

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Appendix: Completed examples from three different organisational contexts

What you'll get

Scoring matrix template (available as Excel/Sheets): rate any AI use case across four dimensions

Dimension definitions and scoring rubrics: objective criteria for each score level

Weighting guide: how to adjust dimension weights for different organisational contexts (startup vs enterprise, cost-focused vs growth-focused)

Three completed worked examples from real AI programme scoping sessions

Facilitation guide: how to run a 2-hour use case prioritisation workshop with a leadership team

Who this is for

CTOs and Heads of Product scoping their first enterprise AI programme

Digital transformation leads evaluating AI investment options

Consultants facilitating AI strategy workshops with executive teams

Engineering managers building internal AI roadmaps

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