Should This Be AI? A Decision Framework for Enterprise Use Cases, Business Value, and Pilot Gates

TL;DR Enterprise AI use case evaluation should begin with a measurable workflow problem, not a request for a model, copilot, or agent. Before selecting technology, establish who owns the outcome, how the workflow operates today, what it costs, where quality fails, which exceptions dominate, and what minimum improvement would justify changing it. Then make AI compete with simpler alternatives. Proc