Chapter 15 · Group 6: Prove Value and Build Adoption

Move beyond estimated ROI to value you can evidence.

Guide teams through three stages — Estimate, Validate, Realize — connecting baseline performance, target outcomes, AI contribution, implementation and operating costs, value-capture mechanisms, and actual production results.

Move an AI initiative from estimated ROI to proven, realized value. This tool applies the framework from Chapter 15 of The Enterprise AI Blueprint by W. Perry Underdown and returns a directional, structured read — not an audit finding.

Approximately 12 minutes · Results saved to your workspace · Free to start

The calculator connects

  • Baseline performance
  • Target outcomes
  • AI contribution
  • Implementation and operating costs
  • Value-capture mechanisms
  • Actual production results

Output: A value case showing baseline, target, actual performance, total cost, net value, and current evidence status.

What the assessment covers

  1. Section 1

    Stage 1 — Estimate

    Define the objective, the baseline, and the projected cost and benefit before anything is built.

  2. Section 2

    Stage 2 — Validate

    Assign ownership and confirm the assumptions behind the estimate before you trust the numbers.

  3. Section 3

    Stage 3 — Realize

    Enter actual results and make the portfolio decision.

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Your answers, scores, and reports stay in one workspace so you and your team can track progress across all 16 tools.