Sixteen decisions that take an AI initiative from a stated outcome to a system in production, and the delivery model that fits each one.
Most AI initiatives stall between the demonstration and the live system. This playbook covers the sixteen decisions in between: define the work, shape the delivery system, choose the delivery model, then release and operate.
It compares four routes (internal delivery, scoped external project, embedded engineering support, and blended) against capacity, skills, data access, controls, and commercial shape. It ends with four outcomes, including the one most vendor material leaves out: stop if value cannot be measured or failure controlled. A working sheet records the decision, the owner, and the date.