The AI Use Case Prioritizer

Once people start talking about AI, the ideas pile up. Draft the customer emails. Summarize the meetings. Read the invoices. A chatbot on the website. Screen the CVs. Everyone has one, and every vendor has another.

They can't all go first, and the most impressive idea is rarely the right place to start. The best first pilot is useful, easy and low risk, with someone who wants it to work.

This workbook helps you find it.

What's in it

• Ideas: list every AI idea with its owner. Score each from 1 to 5 on the value (time saved, other benefits) and how easy it is (is the data ready, is the process clear, how hard is it to set up). Then say what data it would see and what happens if it gets something wrong. It works out where each idea sits (quick win, big bet, small and easy, or not now), its risk and its priority, and flags what to watch out for, like no owner, sensitive data, or a process that needs writing down first.
• Numbers: a rough business case for each idea: the time it saves in dollars, any other value, the tool and setup costs, the first-year return and how many months it takes to pay back. It assumes you'll get half the time saving you hope for, because most estimates are too high.
• Summary: how many quick wins and big bets you have, the ideas ranked, the one or two to pilot first, and a checklist for before any pilot starts.

The data colors follow the same green, amber and red as The AI Use Policy Starter, so the two work together.

It comes filled in for a made-up company of about 120 people with twelve ideas, four of them quick wins worth about $79,000 in the first year. Clear the sample and the formulas stay.

Who it's for

CEOs, operations leaders and IT leaders with more AI ideas than time, who want to choose the first ones on value and risk rather than on the best demo.

It's the next step after The AI Readiness Assessment: once you know where you stand, this tells you where to start.

It's a single Excel file. It also opens in Google Sheets and Apple Numbers.

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