# AI Opportunity Prioritization Scorecard

Compare opportunities using explicit evidence and a discussion rubric.

Built Into Work | Vic Akosile | Version 1.0 | October 5, 2026

For: Sponsors, portfolio owners, and cross-functional teams
Use when: When several ideas compete for limited capacity
Suggested time: 30 minutes

Use synthetic or authorized information. Keep sensitive work in approved tools. A named person owns each decision. These tools support discussion and planning; they are not validated assessments.

## 1. Check prerequisites before scoring

Hold an opportunity if its owner, permitted information, or decision boundary is unresolved. A high score cannot override a missing prerequisite.

### Owner

Who can carry the work through delivery and operation?

Your response:

________________________________________________________________

### Permitted sources

Can the team use the required information in an approved environment?

Your response:

________________________________________________________________

### Decision boundary

What can the system do, and what needs human approval?

Your response:

________________________________________________________________

## 2. Compare evidence

Rate each dimension from 1 to 3. Record unknowns as unknown; investigate them before ranking. Use equal weights as a discussion default, or declare your weights before scoring.

### Value

1: unclear outcome; 2: plausible benefit with a named user; 3: recurring problem supported by a baseline.

Your response:

________________________________________________________________

### Feasibility

1: dependencies unresolved; 2: scoped path but untested; 3: bounded path demonstrated with representative cases.

Your response:

________________________________________________________________

### Source readiness

1: unreliable or unavailable; 2: usable with cleanup; 3: current, permissioned, and owned.

Your response:

________________________________________________________________

### Capacity

1: no support owner or available time; 2: time agreed but limited; 3: delivery and support capacity confirmed.

Your response:

________________________________________________________________

### Control readiness

1: unresolved high-consequence action; 2: draft-only path with controls to test; 3: boundaries and escalation demonstrated.

Your response:

________________________________________________________________

## 3. Make a decision

Do not turn the total into an automatic approval. Compare weak dimensions, prerequisites, alternatives, and uncertainty. Record the evidence that would change your choice.

### Decision

Pilot, investigate, defer, or stop? Why?

Your response:

________________________________________________________________

### Next evidence

What is the cheapest useful uncertainty to resolve?

Your response:

________________________________________________________________

### Owner and review

Who acts next and when?

Your response:

________________________________________________________________

## Completed companion example

All organizations, workflows, numbers, and results in these examples are fictional and provided for learning. Targets are proposed decision criteria, not validated standards or promised outcomes.

**Owner**
Service-desk lead owns the policy-answer pilot.

**Permitted sources**
Synthetic cases first; real data requires a separate organizational decision.

**Decision boundary**
Draft only; a specialist approves replies and handles individual decisions.

**Value**
Policy answers: 3 if the two-week baseline confirms recurring search and rework.

**Feasibility**
Policy answers: 2 until retrieval and citation behavior are tested.

**Source readiness**
Policy answers: 2 until duplicate versions are removed.

**Capacity**
Policy answers: 2 with protected specialist review time.

**Control readiness**
Policy answers: 2 before escalation tests.

**Decision**
Investigate policy-source readiness, then run a bounded pilot.

**Next evidence**
Test retrieval on ten difficult synthetic questions.

**Owner and review**
Service-desk lead reviews in two weeks.

## Working record

Owner:
Review date:
Decision:
Evidence still needed:

Original guide: https://builtinto.work/resources/opportunity-prioritization