Made-up example. Northbridge Bank is not a real bank, and every number here is invented to show how AI EnableOS works.

Step 3 of 6

Prioritize & fund

Make the business case with projected value (ROI).

1. Questions asked

The AI wrote these questions from similar real projects. The answers are made up.

Q: How many lookups a month, and how long does each take now? A: 90,000 lookups, about 70 seconds each. Q: What does an hour of a specialist cost? A: $45, from finance. Q: What will it cost to build and run? A: $75,000 to build, $6,000 a month to run. Q: How does it rank against the other ideas? A: Highest value of the 6 ideas, medium risk, 6-week build.

2. What we found

Ranking: Highest value of 6 ideas, medium risk, 6-week build
Build cost: $75,000 one time
Running cost: $6,000 a month

3. The value math (plan)

90,000 lookups a month × 1.17 min saved each ÷ 601,755 hours

1,755 hours × $45 an hour (from finance)$78,975

Minus running cost−$6,000

Planned saving per month$72,975

Cautious case: count only half the time saved$33,488

Payback of the $75,000 build1 month

Assumptions: the 70-second rulebook search goes away completely; $45 an hour is the loaded cost of a specialist. Period: one month. Status: a plan, not proven.

4. AI recommends, a person decides

AI recommends Go

Fund it. It ranks first of the 6 ideas and pays back fast, even in the cautious case.

Planned saving is far above the running cost.
Payback in about a month on the plan numbers.
Even counting only half the time saved, it still pays.

A person decided: Head of card services, executive sponsor (sign-off 2)

5. Sign-off 2: Executive funding

Who signs

Executive sponsor (Head of card services)

Evidence they looked at

The value math below: tasks, minutes, hourly cost, build and running cost
The cautious case (half the time saved)
Ranking against the 5 other ideas

Sent back to fix if

Payback is longer than 12 months, or the project has no named owner.

Stopped if

It loses money even on the plan numbers.

Signed: Approved. $75,000 build, $6,000 a month to run.

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