AI DECISION GUIDE
How can you assess your company’s AI readiness?
A useful AI maturity assessment examines the ability to select, fund, operate and control use cases. Counting pilots or software licences does not demonstrate that capability.
Four starting questions
- Strategic direction: does this use case have a business objective and an accountable sponsor?
- Value evidence: is there a measured baseline, a target and an owner for realization?
- Data and systems: is the data accessible, reliable and suitable for production integration?
- Governance: who approves actions, monitors outcomes and intervenes during incidents?
Answer for the use case in scope. A successful internal pilot does not establish readiness for a regulated deployment elsewhere in the business.
Interpret the score within its limits
The Navigator uses four self-reported answers on a 1–5 scale. They feed ten correlated interpretation dimensions, not ten independent measurements. The global score averages the normalized dimensions out of 100. It is a discussion signal, rather than a compliance rating or evidence of performance.
Maturity labels range from experimental to AI-ready enterprise. Focus on constraints: weak governance may block a valuable case even when the average appears acceptable.
Move from diagnosis to evidence in 90 days
In the first 30 days, select one use case, name its sponsor and establish the operational baseline. Then test captured value and controls in a bounded setting. Before expansion, have business, data, security and risk owners review the evidence.
Use the Board Kit if the mandate remains unclear. With a defined mandate, complete the Navigator’s calibration to expose value assumptions. You can also skip calibration and obtain a readiness report without a financial estimate.
Start here: the first diagnostic question
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Connect governance and value
The Board Kit clarifies the mandate. The Navigator examines one use case’s value and readiness.
Sources and limitations
These frameworks inform governance and risk analysis. They do not validate ApexTransform scores or financial coefficients. Methods and examples are ApexTransform analysis, without endorsement by these organizations.
FAQ
Does a high score authorize funding?
No. Funding decisions also require costs, evidence, constraints and residual-risk analysis for the use case.
Must a use case be quantified before starting?
No. Skipping calibration gives a readiness assessment without a monetary estimate or financial recommendation.
Analysis: Stéphane Gervais, ApexTransform · Updated 19 October 2026