The questions inherent in the Pathfinder.
Board readiness is binary. A director does not ask how many assumptions you tested, only whether you tested the ones that matter. The Pathfinder resolves fifteen such questions across four steps. Answer them all and you have done the thinking a board expects.
Each step surfaces the questions a board will actually raise.
Questions resolve automatically as you populate evidence, score use cases, and build the portfolio. Expand any step to see what it asks, and the exact condition that resolves it.
- Q1
Does this map cover the full AI opportunity surface?
Resolves when: ≥6 cells mapped across ≥3 KPIs and ≥3 moments
- Q2
Are value estimates grounded in actual revenue and cost base?
Resolves when: ≥30% of cells have confidence level ≥L2
- Q3
Have we identified opportunities across different effort-impact profiles?
Resolves when: Effort scoring populated with ≥2 distinct quadrants represented
- Q4
Are there use cases that carry reputational, regulatory, or workforce risk?
Resolves when: At least one use case assessed for constraint severity in Investment Fit
Four dimensions, scored independently.
The headline score is the minimum of these four, never the average. No single strength can hide a fatal gap: one red dimension produces a red headline.
Evidence Quality
How well-evidenced the value case is across the portfolio.
Answers the board challenge: “How confident are you in these numbers?”
Economic Clarity
Whether the return is defensible against a CFO's cost and ROI scrutiny.
Answers the board challenge: “What does this actually cost — and does the return justify it?”
Portfolio Coherence
Whether the sequencing tells a credible, phased investment story.
Answers the board challenge: “Is this a real portfolio, or just a wish list?”
Execution Readiness
Whether the organisation can absorb the change burden across Phase 1.
Answers the board challenge: “Can you actually deliver this, or will it sit on a roadmap?”
Minutes, not months
Board-ready analysis while the decision is still live, not eight weeks and $500K of consulting after the window has closed.
Confidence is explicit
Every opportunity carries an L1–L4 rating with named proof requirements. No hiding uncertainty behind confident language.
Vendor-neutral by design
No model resale, no referral fees. Every recommendation derives from your constraints and economics, so risk and procurement can trust it.
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