Rate your organization 1-5 on each dimension. Be honest. The gap between your self-assessment and reality averages one to two levels, so if you're unsure between two scores, pick the lower one.

Data Integration. Score 1 if each team exports data manually for AI projects. Score 2 if some systems are connected through hand-built pipelines that require maintenance. Score 3 if your critical systems (10+) share data through a real-time integration layer with entity resolution. Score 4 if all major systems are connected with vendor-agnostic, bidirectional sync. Score 5 if new data sources connect in days with automated schema mapping and quality monitoring.

Governance and Compliance. Score 1 if AI governance is ad-hoc or nonexistent. Score 2 if you have a governance policy document and a weekly review meeting. Score 3 if compliance rules are enforced automatically with audit trails that generate without manual logging. Score 4 if governance is fully automated, auditors can self-serve reports, and no manual approval bottlenecks exist. Score 5 if governance self-corrects based on observed patterns and evolves with the organization.

Orchestration and Coordination. Score 1 if each AI system operates independently with no awareness of other systems. Score 2 if teams manually coordinate between AI systems (copying outputs from one into another). Score 3 if basic workflow automation connects agents in predefined sequences. Score 4 if agents hand off tasks, share context, and trigger other agents autonomously. Score 5 if multi-agent teams self-organize based on workload with human oversight at the strategic level only.

Deployment Flexibility. Score 1 if all AI runs in a single cloud provider's environment. Score 2 if you support cloud or on-premises but switching requires re-architecture. Score 3 if hybrid deployment works but requires separate configurations per environment. Score 4 if BYOC deployment lets you run in any environment with zero re-architecture. Score 5 if you deploy across clouds, on-premises, and edge locations with zero operational overhead. Learn more

ROI Measurement. Score 1 if AI costs are a single line item with no per-agent visibility. Score 2 if you can calculate cost savings for individual pilots. Score 3 if you track measurable EBIT impact of 0.5-1.5% attributable to AI. Score 4 if per-agent economics, business impact, and model cost optimization are tracked in real time with 2-5% EBIT impact. Score 5 if AI contributes above 5% EBIT with automated measurement that requires no manual calculation.

Interpreting Your Score. Add your five scores. 5-10 points: Level 1, you're experimenting. Focus on coordination before scaling. 11-15 points: Level 2, you have pilots but manual processes limit growth. Invest in automated infrastructure. 16-20 points: Level 3, you have a real foundation. Scale agents and expand integrations. 21-23 points: Level 4, you're operating at enterprise scale. Optimize cost and orchestration. 24-25 points: Level 5, you're in the top 5% globally. The priority is continuous improvement and autonomous agent workflows.

The most revealing score is often the lowest one. If four dimensions score 3 or higher but Governance scores 1, governance is the constraint that prevents the rest from scaling. Fix the lowest score first. It's almost always the bottleneck.