What is an AI Roadmap?
An AI Roadmap is a prioritised, month-by-month plan of which workflows to automate first, based on how much time and money each one costs today and how much effort it takes to fix.
Four questions about the work your team repeats
What is the work?
The repetitive, manual workflows in a team or department.
What does it cost?
How much time and money each workflow consumes today.
How hard is it to fix?
The systems, specialist knowledge and judgement involved.
What comes first?
The order in which to tackle them, so value arrives early.
From a list of chores to a plan you can act on
A ranked set of workflows on an impact-versus-effort matrix, sequenced into a plan you can start on next month.
With Data Circuit that is a month-by-month AI Roadmap: every workflow placed on the matrix, the hours and annual cost tied up in each, an indicative build budget for each fix, plain-English reasons for the order, and a PDF to share.
AI Roadmap vs AI readiness assessment
They answer different questions. Many organisations need both — in whichever order matches their biggest doubt.
AI Roadmap
- Question
- Which workflows are worth automating first, and in what order?
- Looks at
- Specific workflows: time, frequency, people, systems
- Output
- A month-by-month plan with budgets
- Use it when
- You want a backlog to act on
AI readiness assessment
- Question
- Does the organisation have the prerequisites?
- Looks at
- Data, infrastructure, skills, governance, culture
- Output
- A readiness score and the gaps to close
- Use it when
- You suspect foundational gaps
Data Circuit builds AI Roadmaps. For data maturity and readiness, Data Arcade offers a Data Maturity Assessment.
Four steps — Data Circuit does three of them
- List the repetitive work, or describe it in a paragraph.
- For each workflow, estimate the minutes, frequency, people and systems.
- Score impact and effort the same way for every workflow.
- Sequence the highest-impact, lowest-effort work first and budget it.
Data Circuit does steps 2 to 4 for you: its AI pre-fills the estimates from your description, you confirm them, and a fixed model scores and sequences every workflow. Your first AI Roadmap, for up to 3 workflows, is free.
Three ways to build an AI Roadmap
Start self-serve, bring in our team when you want every number validated, or — if you serve clients of your own — work with us as a partner.
For any team
Self-serve with Data Circuit
- Describe the work in your own words
- An AI Roadmap in minutes
- First one free: up to 3 workflows
- Paid plans for 8, 12 or 20 workflows per AI Roadmap; rebuild each up to 3 times free
With our team
AI Roadmap and ROI Workshop
- Led by a Frontier Consultant from our team
- A working session to validate every number with your people
- A board-ready AI Roadmap for up to 30 workflows, in about a week
- An optional outcome-based build quote for each workflow
For MSPs and CSPs
Partner with Logic Intelligence®
- We build AI Roadmaps for your clients
- You keep the client relationship
- Training for your own team
- Help finding Microsoft funding for eligible clients
Your clients are asking about AI. We can do the extra work with you.
Managed service providers and Microsoft Cloud Solution Providers already run their clients' infrastructure, licences and Microsoft 365. When those clients ask where AI fits, Logic Intelligence® can do the assessment and AI Roadmap work alongside you — from a self-serve Data Circuit run to a full AI Roadmap and ROI Workshop — while you keep the relationship.
- Assessments and AI Roadmaps for your clients, delivered by our team under your engagement.
- Educate your team — data and AI enablement such as Power BI and Microsoft Fabric training, so your people can carry the conversation.
- Microsoft funding — we work with Microsoft Solutions Partners to help eligible clients find and apply for available Microsoft funding, such as grants, training budget and co-marketing funds.
Microsoft decides eligibility, amounts and availability, and its programmes change over time. We will tell you what applies to a client before any work is agreed; nothing is promised until Microsoft approves it.
Frequently asked questions
What is an AI Roadmap?
A prioritised, month-by-month plan of which workflows to automate first, based on how much time and money each one costs today and how much effort it takes to fix.
How long does it take to build an AI Roadmap?
Minutes for a first Data Circuit AI Roadmap; about a week for the facilitated AI Roadmap and ROI Workshop.
What information do I need?
For each workflow: roughly how many minutes it takes, how often it runs, how many people do it and how many systems it touches.
Does an AI Roadmap tell me which AI tools to buy?
No. It tells you which workflows to tackle first and roughly what each is worth. Building them is a separate project, for example a fixed-price package on Data Arcade.
Is an AI Roadmap the same as an AI strategy?
No. It is a practical input to one: a costed, prioritised plan of where automation pays off.
Is an AI Roadmap the same as an AI opportunity assessment?
They go together: the assessment is the review of your workflows, and the AI Roadmap is the plan it produces. Data Circuit does both in one step.
Can your team build the AI Roadmap with us?
Yes. In the AI Roadmap and ROI Workshop a Frontier Consultant from our team validates every number with your people and delivers a board-ready AI Roadmap for up to 30 workflows in about a week.
We are an MSP or CSP. Can you help with our clients?
Yes. We can build AI Roadmaps for your clients while you keep the relationship, help educate your team, and help eligible clients find available Microsoft funding.
Can Microsoft funding pay for an AI Roadmap or training?
Sometimes. Microsoft offers funding such as grants, training budget and co-marketing funds to eligible organisations. We work with Microsoft Solutions Partners to help clients apply; Microsoft decides eligibility and amounts.
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