All Pillars
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MEASURE

Was it worth it?

Without measurement, governance is overhead. The CFO funds Pillars 1-4 exactly once before asking: what did we get for this investment? Measure closes the loop — tracking ROI per initiative, monitoring economics, validating outcomes, and feeding back to the steering committee.

11 controlsExecutive Sponsor: CFO

Assessment Controls (11)

Every AI initiative that passes through this pillar must satisfy these controls. The maturity model measures how consistently the organization enforces them.

1

Per-Initiative ROI Tracking

Is ROI tracked per AI initiative against predefined success criteria (from Pillar 1)?

2

Agent Cost Management

Are agent economics monitored? (token costs, compute spend, maintenance overhead, agent sprawl)

3

Governance Performance Reporting

Does the steering committee receive regular performance reports?

4

Data-Driven Initiative Review

Are underperforming initiatives being redirected or terminated based on data?

5

Measurement-to-Strategy Feedback Loop

Is there a feedback loop from measurement back to strategic decisions?

6

Objective Outcome Measurement

Are outcomes measured objectively, or is success self-reported by the teams running the initiatives?

7

Productivity Measurement Validation

Is there a distinction between perceived productivity and measured productivity?

8

Scaling Cost Projection Management

Are cost projections updated as usage scales?

9

Standardized AI ROI Methodology

Is there a standard methodology for calculating AI ROI across initiatives?

10

Indirect Cost Capture

Are indirect costs captured? (governance overhead, incident response, training, organizational change)

11

Value Realization Validation

Are actual outcomes measured against the ROI targets and success criteria defined at Steer (Pillar 1)?

Governance Tracks

Employee Use [EU]: Are you measuring whether employee AI usage is actually improving productivity?
Internal Build [IB]: Is ROI tracked per agent/initiative against predefined success criteria?
Vendor Platform [VP]: Are you tracking ROI of AI features in vendor platforms?