Notes on organizing AI work that delivers.

Business Understanding: Deciding Go/No-Go

CPMAI Phase 1, Business Understanding — part 2 of 2

It’s time to decide: You know the problem, proposed solution, and how to measure success. So, continue or not? Stopping now is cheap. Stopping after the data work, or in production, won’t be. A CPMAI can frame this decision for…

Use Business Understanding for a strong start to your AI initiative

You are championing an initiative and AI is key to success. You’ve hired a CPMAI to help your teams deliver. What comes next? Business Understanding is the first of six phases in the CPMAI approach. Engaging fully with this phase…

Turn technical debt into an action plan

Technical Debt. All those tradeoffs and delayed changes done to meet deadlines. Who has time to even keep track though, when everything not due today was due yesterday? Let's hope it doesn't erupt as a costly emergency later. Enter AI…

7 AI Usage Patterns

Getting ready for an AI project at your business? Cool, what kind? An essential step towards AI success is to understand which usage pattern will address your business need. There are seven key patterns, summarized below.

Succeed at AI with a CPMAI

The CPMAI framework is a methodology for success with AI projects. It helps prevent you from rushing off without a proper grounding in your business needs, data safeguards, and other key factors. A CPMAI certificate holder can guide your organization…

Clear Speech iOS apps

The Clear Speech iOS apps were authored by Judy Gilbert and developed by Cambridge University Press. As Press employee, I facilitated the software specification with Judy and Editorial, and oversaw the design and development process with substantial contributions to activity…