AI readiness assessment
What is an AI readiness assessment?
An artificial intelligence readiness assessment is a valuable tool for determining how prepared your company is to adopt and scale AI tools and applications. The assessment analyzes key areas, including data readiness, infrastructure, talent, capabilities and governance, identifying potential gaps and charting a clear course toward a more advanced and scalable AI future state.
The core pillars of an AI readiness assessment include evaluating:
- Strategy and vision: How do AI goals align with business priorities and leadership objectives?
- Data foundation: Is data in a quality state, accessible with security and governance in place?
- Organization and culture: What is the level of your AI literacy, workforce skills and appetite for change management?
- Technical infrastructure: Do you have the necessary hardware, cloud computing strategy and integration capabilities?
- Governance and compliance: Have you incorporated risk frameworks, AI usage policies and regulatory controls (e.g., General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR))?
- Model management: How are you currently developing, monitoring and maintaining AI models?
Where to begin with your AI strategy?
To help your organization take a strategic, structured approach to AI readiness, RSM offers a tailored AI readiness assessment. This four-week engagement delivers a comprehensive roadmap and implementation plan, supported by an in-depth evaluation of your current AI maturity—benchmarked against industry best practices and your desired future state.
Our assessment encompasses key strategic considerations for 2026, such as:
- Establishing an AI-first mindset: Taking advantage of AI by embedding solutions into the core functionality of critical business processes
- Developing agentic workflows: Advancing strategies to include AI agents that can make decisions and manage complex processes with limited human intervention.
- Embracing dynamic planning: AI is evolving rapidly, so your framework must be flexible and evaluated frequently to keep pace.
The assessment culminates in a detailed AI readiness report that outlines key findings, strategic recommendations and prioritized next steps to guide your organization toward its target AI maturity level.
Whether you’re establishing or enhancing your AI strategy, the readiness assessment provides actionable recommendations and a clear path forward. Following the assessment, RSM offers continued support through hands-on development to implement solutions, optimize performance and drive your broader AI transformation journey.
What’s included with the AI readiness assessment?
Phase 1: AI readiness assessment
Initiation and discovery
Define project objectives and scope with key stakeholders. Gather relevant documentation, plan interviews and deploy surveys to capture critical insights.
AI analysis
Engage stakeholders to uncover AI trends, identify relevant use cases and assess current infrastructure, highlighting opportunities for improvement and advancement.
Gap analysis and recommendations
Evaluate current-state capabilities against future-state goals. Develop a comprehensive AI strategy with prioritized initiatives, supported by return-on-investment insights, estimates of effort and cost.
Evaluate gaps in your current AI governance, infrastructure and organizational readiness, mapped to a proven AI readiness framework.
Prioritization and roadmap
Engage stakeholders to co-create a strategic AI roadmap by aligning initiatives with business value, cost and feasibility. Develop an AI readiness checklist and a detailed implementation plan, highlight interdependencies and validate the plan with stakeholders.
Phase 2: AI transformation
Implementation
Execute the roadmap: Establish the IT environment, roll out initiatives, train teams, develop new processes and procedures, implement security controls and conduct rigorous testing.
Optimization
Post-implementation, monitor performance against key performance indicators (KPIs). Gather feedback, track results and continuously refine your AI initiatives for sustained impact and long-term value.
From readiness to ROI: Realize the benefits of the AI readiness assessment
We recognize that there is no one-size-fits-all AI strategy. That’s why we deliver tailored AI strategies designed to accelerate progress while staying aligned with your broader business vision. Our approach empowers your organization to:
- Gain enhanced insights into AI readiness, highlighting strengths and areas for improvement.
- Strategically align AI initiatives with long-term business goals and enterprise priorities.
- Improve ROI visibility through refined analytical frameworks that measure financial impact and value.
- Develop robust, data-backed business cases that articulate the benefits and operational gains of AI adoption.
- Implement efficient automation strategies that reduce costs, improve speed and boost productivity.
- Optimize resource allocation to maximize return on high-impact AI initiatives.
- Establish a structured governance model encompassing policies, risk mitigation and responsible AI standards.
- Enhance workforce readiness through focused resource planning, upskilling and continuous learning programs.
Ready to take the next step toward AI maturity?
This assessment is designed to help your organization initiate AI implementation or advance your AI maturity, aligning your strategic focus with your long-term business goals. Connect with RSM’s AI advisors to discover how our AI readiness assessment can help your organization strengthen and refine your AI strategy.
