Most AI initiatives start at step 3 and skip the two steps before it. Each step only works because the one before it produced what it needs.
1
Understand how your company works
Map every real task, end to end.
Decomposition · Interview tool
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no task, nothing to classify
2
Understand how AI works
What AI can, can't, and needs.
Framework principles
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no baseline, no honest classification
3
Figure out how your company could benefit
Rules, AI, or stays human.
Task classification
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unscoped work can't be priced
4
Figure out the cost of implementing
Bundle into priced projects.
Bundling & pricing
5
Build the economic justification
Rank by real value: ROI, efficiency, pain.
Prioritization
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unranked work can't be sequenced
6
Build the roadmap to implementation
Sequence by dependency and capacity.
Roadmap
THE ARGUMENT
Start at step 3, and you're guessing. Finish step 6, and you're deciding.