Remove the technology halo. Test whether the proposal still deserves capital, attention and executive sponsorship when it has to stand on the strength of the business case alone.
This diagnostic strips away the excitement around AI and gives you an immediate Funding Defensibility Score.
The rule: answer each question as though the proposal were described without the words AI, GenAI, agent, copilot or automation.
The weakest areas below are the questions an investment committee should challenge before approving the initiative.
A funding score tells you whether the case is defensible. It does not tell you whether to act, wait, resolve one issue, or avoid buying a deeper decision process altogether.