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Use Case Discovery

A fixed-scope engagement that ends with a ranked use case portfolio and a 12-month roadmap.

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At a glance

Who it's for
Leadership teams asked for an AI plan, with more ideas than capacity and no shared way to choose.
Typical sponsor
CEO, COO, Chief Strategy Officer, CIO, or business unit heads.
Format
Fixed scope and deliverables, agreed in writing.
You end with
A ranked portfolio tied to measurable value, and a 12-month roadmap with owners and funding asks.

Why it matters

Most AI roadmaps are lists of ideas. The costly mistakes come from funding use cases with no clear value, no usable data, or a broken process underneath. Often, fixing the process and the data delivers most of the gain before AI is added. Use Case Discovery separates those cases from the ones where AI is the right lever.

Signs you need this

  • The board or CEO has asked for an AI strategy.
  • You have dozens of AI ideas and no agreed way to rank them.
  • Pilots were chosen by enthusiasm, not value.

What you get

  • Process and friction-point workshops: Sessions with the people who do the work, mapping what actually happens today.
  • Data readiness assessment: For each candidate, whether the data exists, is usable, and may be used.
  • Value and feasibility scoring: Every candidate scored the same way on value, feasibility, data readiness, and risk.
  • A process-first check: Which gains come from fixing process or data, with or without AI.
  • Ranked portfolio: Quick wins separated from longer-term bets, each with a success metric.
  • 12-month roadmap: Sequence, owners, dependencies, and funding asks.

Example format. Not client data.

Sample scoring rubric (each scored 1 to 5)

  • Value: size of the measurable gain
  • Feasibility: can we build and support it
  • Data readiness: available, usable, permitted
  • Risk: harm if it is wrong (scored inversely)

How it runs

  1. 01FrameAgree goals, constraints, and scoring criteria with leadership.
  2. 02DiscoverRun workshops and review data for each candidate.
  3. 03ScoreRank candidates and run the process-first check.
  4. 04RoadmapSequence the portfolio and agree owners and funding asks.

What we need from you

  • A sponsor who can set priorities across business units.
  • Process owners and frontline experts for workshops.
  • Data owners for the candidate areas.
  • A finance partner to pressure-test value estimates.

The method behind it

We baseline your AI capability with the Ramanova AI Capability Maturity Framework, so the roadmap reflects what your organization can deliver, not only what it wants.

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Illustrative scenario

Illustrative scenario. Not a client case study.

Wealth management firm with a board mandate

The CEO needs an AI strategy within one quarter.

Approach: A maturity assessment, a prioritized use case portfolio with value estimates, and a 12-month roadmap with a funding model.

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Questions on this service

All questions
  1. A 15-minute call
  2. A scoping session
  3. A fixed-scope proposal
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