Before budget or pilot approval
What this guide is for
Use this before
budget is committedgovernance is decidedscale creates operational risk
This decision guide is designed for CEO, COO, CIO, CFO, sponsor, program owner. It helps prepare Sample AI decision note decisions faster, cleaner and more traceably.
Useful next step: 30-minute review or AI KickstartTopic: Decision and prioritization
- One page for decision and trade-offs
- Make responsibilities, risk and next steps visible
- Easy to forward into steering or procurement
Visible previewSample page
Sample page: recommendation, trade-offs, risk assumptions, responsibilities and 90-day next step.
Project materialUse-case matrix
Three sample rows, no customer data.
What is inside
- Decision question
- Start / stop / rescope recommendation
- Risk and data assumptions
- Responsibilities
- 90-day next step
Example row
| Recommendation | Controlled pilot | Sponsor and review point required |
| Stop reason | Unclear data access | Rescope before tooling |
What you can decide after download
- One page for decision and trade-offs
- Make responsibilities, risk and next steps visible
- Easy to forward into steering or procurement
When this is not enough
- Does not replace the final steering memo.
- Needs your real use-case list and responsibility context.