The output is not a slide. It is a baseline, a gap list, a prioritised set of AI use cases, a roadmap and a benefits framework the institution can act on. Know where you stand before you build
Evidence beats self-report. A questionnaire answer is a claim. It becomes a score only when an assessor has seen the policy, the register, the configuration or the practice. Coverage and evidence verification are reported beside every result
Scores alone can mislead. An institution can score well on strategy and still have no active Data Protection Officer, no DPIAs and unreviewed repository permissions. That is why four governance gates sit outside the average: a failed gate is reported no matter the score.
Readiness has ten dimensions: strategy and ownership, data and knowledge, technology, governance and compliance, people, processes, research and analytics, integration, leadership, and funding. Each is scored on a five-level maturity scale, from Initial to Optimised.