AI Investment Frameworks
Practical frameworks for making disciplined AI investment decisions and turning spend into measurable business value.
Stratify's AI Investment frameworks help organisations prioritise where capital should go, build stronger business cases, allocate resources and measure whether AI investment is actually delivering value.
The Stratify AI Investment Framework
A practical seven-step framework for managing AI investment from initial prioritisation through to realised value and future capital allocation.
PRIORITISE → BUILD THE CASE → ALLOCATE → ENABLE → GOVERN → REALISE → REINVEST
7 Steps to Stronger AI Investment
Assess the organisation. Plan the change. Prepare the foundations. Implement AI.
Drive adoption. Realise value. Sustain the transformation.
AI investment should compete for capital based on evidence, expected value and strategic importance — not excitement about the technology.
Prioritise — Where can AI create the greatest business value?
Build the Case — What is the strategic, operational and financial rationale for investment?
Allocate — How should investment be allocated across competing AI initiatives?
Enable — What funding, resources and capabilities are required to deliver successfully?
Govern — How will investment, performance and risk be monitored and managed?
Realise — Is the investment producing the operational and financial value expected?
Reinvest — How should evidence and learning influence future investment decisions?
From knowing what AI exists across your organisation to responding when something goes wrong, these seven steps create a practical system for governing AI as adoption scales.