Most AI implementation failures are architecture mismatches — the wrong pattern for the situation. This assessment maps your context to the right one of five proven patterns so the project starts with the right shape.

What's inside

Scoring rubric across five implementation patterns (Productivity Tools, Embedded AI, Workflow Automation, Custom Applications, Strategic Initiatives) with diagnostic questions and pattern-specific recommendations for next steps.

How to use it

  1. Answer honestly. The point is to find the gap, not to validate a story.
  2. Compare across leadership. Multiple independent assessments expose the disagreements that matter.
  3. Re-assess in 90 days. Assessments are most valuable as a baseline you can move.