Status assessment
Processes, data, systems, skills, risks – where does the company stand?
An AI strategy that fits your business, data and systems.
You get a sequence: which processes first, which architecture, which operating model, which products – and what is deliberately not done.
In short: An AI strategy answers four questions. Where does AI pay off for us (processes)? What do we need for it (data, systems, roles)? How do we run it (architecture, operating model)? In what order (roadmap)?
Contents
What the strategy contains.
Process portfolio
Candidates assessed and prioritised by benefit, data situation, risk and effort.
Solution types
For each process: standard product, customised product or custom development.
Architecture
Platform, operating model (local, private cloud, hybrid), model strategy, shared data core.
Organisation
Roles, approvals, responsibility, building expertise.
Roadmap
Sequence, pilots, decision points – and what is deliberately not done.
Assessment criteria
How we prioritise processes.
| Criterion | Question | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Benefit | How much time and waiting can be eliminated, and how many errors prevented? | high |
| Data situation | Is the data available, accessible and clean? | high |
| Risk | What happens when errors occur? Are there approval points? | high |
| Integration | How many systems are involved, and are there interfaces? | medium |
| Maturity | Is there a product or building block that fits? | medium |
| Acceptance | Do the people who carry out the process support it? | medium |
How it works
Four steps to the strategy.
Gather
Interviews with management, process owners and IT; review of data and systems.
Assess
Process candidates against the criteria, architecture options, operating models.
Decide
Prioritisation, solution types, roadmap – together with management.
Document
A document that records decisions, reasons and next steps.
Follow-on
The strategy names the first pilots and their prerequisites.
Because consulting and engineering come from one team, the strategy does not stop at the door. The pilots run on the Swiss AI Platform, the products are our own, and we know the operating model from running it ourselves.
And if the strategy concludes that a process should not be prioritised, that is stated just as clearly.
Further reading
Related pages.
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about AI strategy
How long does a strategy take?
That depends on the size and number of processes. We state the timeframe in our quote.
Do we need an AI potential assessment first?
Not necessarily. The AI potential assessment examines one process; the strategy organises several. Often it starts with an AI potential assessment and grows into a strategy.
Is the strategy vendor-neutral?
We weigh standard software, our products and custom development against each other and justify the recommendation. We are open about the fact that we have our own products.
Next step
The order of the processes.
Start with an AI potential assessment – or talk to us directly about a strategy.