AI implementation roadmap
AI Implementation Roadmap: Four Steps From First Check to AI That Delivers
An AI implementation roadmap is the order in which a business moves from interest in AI to measurable value. The AIPEX roadmap has four steps: Check your readiness, Assess where you stand, Plan the priorities and owners the board will fund, and Run AI with accountable leadership. Start at the step that matches where you are.
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- An AI roadmap is a sequence of decisions, not a list of tools: what to check, what to fix, what to fund and who leads.
- Four steps: Check (free, about three minutes), Assess (£999 + VAT), Plan (£1,499 + VAT) and Run (from £3,250 a month).
- You do not have to start at step one. Start at the step that describes your organisation today.
- Each step produces something the board can use: a score, a scored report, a funded plan, a named leader.
- Governance runs alongside. The AI governance path covers the EU AI Act and ISO/IEC 42001 in its own five steps.
Why the board should care
Tools before a plan
Buying AI before ownership, data and measures are in place is how pilots stall. The roadmap puts the decisions before the spend.
No owner, no outcome
AI that nobody on the board owns drifts. Every step in the roadmap ends with a named person accountable for what happens next.
Value the board cannot see
Without a baseline and a benefits scorecard, AI returns stay anecdotal, and the next funding decision is made on belief.
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Ready for the full picture?
The AI Readiness Assessment: Full Report (£999 + VAT) scores 30 areas across six domains, with risk flags, a prioritised roadmap and a 60-minute debrief with a senior partner. Prefer to talk first? A free 30-minute scoping call with a senior partner.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is an AI implementation roadmap?
It is the order of decisions that takes a business from interest in AI to measurable value: check readiness, assess where you stand, plan the priorities and owners the board will fund, then run AI with accountable leadership and quarterly reporting.
How do you create an AI roadmap for a company?
Start from evidence, not tools. Score readiness across strategy, data, governance and capability, agree the few business problems AI should solve first, set a baseline and an owner for each, fund a 90-day plan, and review progress against a benefits scorecard.
What are the steps of AI adoption?
The AIPEX roadmap uses four: Check, a free three-minute readiness score; Assess, a scored report on 30 areas; Plan, a one-day Strategy Day that produces priorities, owners and a 90-day plan; and Run, accountable AI leadership through a Fractional Chief AI Officer.
What should an AI strategy roadmap include?
Agreed priorities tied to business outcomes, a named owner for each, a baseline and a benefits scorecard, a 90-day plan and a 12-month roadmap, governance in proportion to risk, criteria for choosing vendors, and a regular report to the board.
How long does an AI implementation roadmap take?
The first steps are quick: the AIPEX Score check takes about three minutes, the Full Report assessment typically 20 to 40 minutes plus a 60-minute debrief, and the Strategy Day one day. The plan it produces runs for 90 days, within a 12-month roadmap.
What is an AI adoption framework?
A structured way to judge readiness and decide the order of work. AIPEX assesses six domains: strategy and leadership, cybersecurity, data and information, AI and automation, infrastructure and systems, and digital capability and change, each on a six-level maturity scale from Absent to Leading.
How do you implement AI in a business?
In four steps: check readiness, assess the foundations in detail, agree a short list of priorities with owners and a baseline, then change one workflow at a time and measure the result. Implementation is an operating model job, not a software rollout: see the AI operating model.
Where should a business start with AI?
At the step that matches where it is. Unsure about readiness: take the free check. Know AI is not delivering: assess. Know the gaps: plan with a Strategy Day. Nobody owns AI on the board: bring in a Fractional Chief AI Officer.
This page is general information on planning AI adoption. It is governance guidance, not legal advice. AIPEX is not a certification body. For decisions about specific AI systems, take advice from qualified advisers.