Baseline
Frame the current workflow using observable time, cost, delay, error or revenue-impact assumptions.
Self-service decision support · $39 one-time
Build an AI ROI case that can survive finance review.
The AI Value Realization Kit helps small teams turn workflow assumptions into an explainable business case before committing budget, tools, headcount tradeoffs, or implementation effort.
One-time purchase. Self-service planning and decision support; no call or custom consulting is included. ROI outputs depend on your own assumptions and inputs; no savings, performance, implementation or legal outcome is guaranteed.
What it helps you decide
Move from “AI sounds useful” to an explicit business case.
Make the assumptions behind an automation decision visible before more money or implementation time is committed.
Value case
Translate expected workflow improvement into a decision model rather than relying on generic AI claims.
Cost check
Keep tool, review, implementation and failure costs visible alongside the expected benefit.
Go / hold decision
Use explicit assumptions to decide whether to proceed, redesign, test smaller or stop.
Finance approval & human review
Make ROI, ownership and the human-AI role split reviewable.
An AI proposal is easier to challenge constructively when expected value, review burden, failure cost and decision ownership are explicit instead of hidden inside a headline savings estimate.
Finance-ready assumptions
Separate current cost, expected benefit, implementation cost and uncertainty so the ROI case can be reviewed rather than accepted on headline savings alone.
Human vs AI role split
Identify which steps can be automated, which still need human judgment, and where review time belongs in the cost model.
Approval threshold
Define the minimum value, payback or evidence threshold that would justify a pilot instead of treating every AI idea as an automatic go.
Stop conditions
Make redesign, smaller testing or rejection legitimate outcomes when the business case is too weak, too risky or too assumption-heavy.
Before you buy
Know exactly when the $39 self-service option makes sense.
The kit is designed to reduce uncertainty in a decision you can still own internally. It is not a substitute for implementation, legal advice, security review, or a custom consulting engagement.
Choose the $39 kit if…
You already have a workflow or AI purchase idea and need a structured way to test the business case, costs, assumptions, role split and decision threshold yourself.
Start free if…
You are still identifying the workflow, estimating rough ROI, or deciding whether there is enough value to justify deeper analysis.
Use a $499 audit if…
The decision is valuable enough that you want an independent fixed-scope review. For AI/SaaS cost and renewal decisions, use the Spend Waste Audit. For workflow automation decisions, use the Workflow Audit.
Do not buy this if…
You need someone to implement the automation for you, guarantee savings, provide legal or compliance advice, or take ongoing ownership of the workflow.
Purchase questions
What you are paying for — and what you are not.
- Price: $39 USD, one-time purchase.
- Format: self-service decision resource; use your own workflow assumptions and business inputs.
- Purpose: evaluate whether an AI workflow has a defensible enough value case to proceed, test smaller, redesign, or stop.
- Not included: implementation, custom consulting, calls, guaranteed ROI, legal advice, or ongoing workflow management.
- Higher-touch options: separate $499 fixed-scope audits are available for AI/SaaS spend decisions and workflow automation decisions when independent review is worth the additional spend.
Decision ladder
Free tool → $39 self-service → $499 audit only when needed.
- Use a free Stratum Praxis tool when you only need a first-pass diagnosis or estimate
- Choose the $39 kit when you can evaluate and document the business case internally
- For AI/SaaS spend, renewal, overlap or plan-size decisions, move to the $499 Spend Waste Audit
- For workflow automation decisions, move to the $499 Workflow Audit
- No guarantee that AI automation or software optimization will produce savings or a positive ROI