Build the 2027 AI plan your CFO will fund

Build the 2027 AI plan your CFO will fund

Budget season is here. Section helps AI leaders turn a year of tools and scattered wins into a measurable plan—what to fund or stop, which workflows to redesign, and how to prepare the workforce to deliver.

A bigger AI budget is not a strategy

By now, you have activity: licenses, pilots, champions, agents, workshops. The 2027 plan has to connect it to business value – and make the tradeoffs clear.

What did AI actually deliver?

Separate measured value, directional evidence, and assumptions. Establish a baseline without pretending the data is perfect.

Where should the next dollar go?

Forecast value and investment under conservative, expected, and upside cases. Make every assumption visible.

Which work should change first?

Find the workflows with the strongest combination of material value, organizational viability, and speed to impact.

Can the organization execute?

Set the leadership, proficiency, adoption, and change targets required to make the roadmap more than a deck.

From messy evidence to a board-ready plan

Section brings the strategy, data, workflow expertise, and workforce plan together, so each part of the forecast has an execution path behind it.

Measure ROI to date

Inventory spend and initiatives. Analyze usage, proficiency, workflow impact, business results, and the barriers behind stalled value.

Forecast 2027 value

Model cost, capacity, quality, and growth scenarios. Distinguish hard evidence from directional signals and explicit assumptions.

Set strategy and KPIs

Align leaders on the outcomes AI should create, improve, or eliminate—and the few measures that will prove progress.

Prioritize workflows

Map critical work across functions, score opportunities, and choose the workflows most likely to produce material impact.

Enable the workforce

Define what executives, managers, champions, and employees must do differently and build the support to get them there.