Does the pilot deserve to scale?

See how review effort changes the business case and whether the pilot meets its quality requirements.

Your assignment: challenge a promising pilot

Start with the base case. Increase review time, test hourly billing, then inspect what would change the decision.

$50,870 / 12 moReview candidate

Assumptions

Practice example

Adoption among eligible units (%)Outputs accepted after review (%)Existing end-to-end minutes per unitAssisted preparation minutes per attemptHuman review minutes per attempt

Volume and eligibility

Monthly workflow unitsEligible units (%)

Every attempted item incurs preparation and review. Rejected outputs then require a full manual redo. A unit is one bounded item, such as an agreement comparison.

Ready for an expansion review. Approval still requires supporting evidence.

149.5hnet capacity / month780 attempted items

$0realizable cash / monthNot the value of salaried time

$50,870net over 12 monthsIncludes contribution and setup

Where the time goes each month

Existing workflow390.0 h

Preparation-104.0 h

Human review-78.0 h

Manual redo-58.5 h

Capacity released149.5 h

TotalBenefitWork or cost deducted

663 accepted + 117 rejected = 780 attempts. Verification is charged on every attempt.

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Assumptions, persistence and boundaries

All figures are fictional, not vendor prices or evidence about a real firm. Inputs persist in this browser tab when session storage is available. Draft inputs do not affect the portfolio until explicitly saved as an assessment. A stage or delivery change makes a saved assessment stale. Failed saved assessments hold expansion; discovery and bounded pilots remain separate decisions. Existing fixed fees stay unchanged. The model excludes ramp-up, taxes, discounting and additional staffing cost when capacity is negative.