AI Readiness Checklist: 40 Questions Before You Start
It is almost never the technology
The model is the easy part now. Projects break in four other places, and none of them are technical. This is the list we go through ourselves before we take on an AI project. 40 questions, a score out of 80 and an honest answer on whether you are ready. Prefer to click through it? The AI Readiness Check asks the 18 scored questions that carry the most weight and scores you on the spot.
What you get in this checklist
- 40 questions across eight blocks, from the use case through data and baseline to tech and security
- A scoring sheet that tells you at the end whether you are ready to start
- Five deal breakers where we would not start ourselves, no matter the score
- The five questions for when you only have ten minutes
- A 90-day plan from baseline to a real decision
Who this is for
- Managing directors, IT leads and department heads planning a first AI project.
- Anyone who has sat through a demo that never went live.
- No technical background needed.
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