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Value Realization

Purpose​

This document describes how AI Conveyor records and tracks the economic impact of AI initiatives: from the target estimate at the idea stage to the actual impact in production.

Key ideas​

  • Target impact — estimated at the idea/experiment stage and refined at the prototype stage; expressed in units of business metrics (revenue, savings, risk reduction, etc.).
  • Actual impact — measured after going to production using a defined accounting methodology; compared against the target.
  • Attribution — explicitly defining how impact is attributed to the initiative (control groups, A/B tests, calculation models) to avoid overstatement.

How it works​

Each stage gate may require an updated impact estimate. After transitioning to "Business Impact", the impact is recorded using the model from economic-impact-model. Results are used for portfolio reporting, scaling decisions, and building up a case library. The measurement playbook is measure-ai-impact.