Situations
Which situation are you in?
Five entry points by real problem. Each says what we observe, what usually blocks, what we do, and where to dig into the method.
« I do not know where to start »
You know AI could help somewhere, but not which process to point it at first. It is the most common situation, and also the one that resolves fastest.
Where to start with AI in a small company« My POC will not reach production »
The demo works, everyone has seen it, and yet nothing is live six months later. The problem is rarely the model, it is everything around the model.
An AI POC that will not reach production« I need to connect AI to our data »
A generic model answers beside the point because it knows neither your products, nor your procedures, nor your clients. It needs access to what you hold, without shipping your whole document estate to a third party.
Connecting AI to your company's internal data« Leadership is worried about risk »
The question is not whether the model can be wrong, it can. It is what happens when it is wrong, and who will have seen it before anything leaves the building.
Reassuring leadership on the risk of an AI project« I have been asked for a budget »
You have to give a number before you have all the facts, and that number will follow you. Better to build it so you can explain it line by line.
Costing an AI project budget you can defend