- 01
Understand
Business, operations, data, constraints
- 02
Prioritize
Where to use AI and how to measure it
- 03
Choose technology
Models, products, RAG, agents, architecture
- 04
Validate
Quality, cost, and risk
- 05
Ship and embed
Production, monitoring, and organization
Start from business, operations, data, and constraints; define where AI should be used and in what order; choose among models, products, RAG, agents, and architecture; evaluate quality, cost, and risk with prototypes; then move into production systems, monitoring, improvement, and organizational embedding.