Turning a prioritized Use Case into an investable project
AD 101 finds candidate use cases, AD 102 understands the process and pain points, and AD 103 prioritizes them in a portfolio. IL 101 starts from one already-selected use case and turns it into a project charter, a value hypothesis, measurable success criteria, a pilot scope, and a decision-ready proposal: it never redoes the work of the previous three courses.
The Industry AI Project Charter is IL 101's required artifact. IL 201 (Proof of Value) and Gate 1 (the Value Gate) both start from this charter. It must be confirmed jointly by the executive sponsor and the business/process owner, not filled in unilaterally by the learner.
| Field | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Problem statement / current workflow / baseline | What the current state is and where the gap is: observable and checkable |
| Target outcome / success metrics | Measurable goals and success criteria, not the activity itself |
| AI role / human role | What AI recommends or executes, and what a human decides and verifies |
| Data/context, systems/integration, constraints, risks | Data, system integration, constraints, and risks |
| Pilot scope / estimated effort / Go-No-Go criteria | Pilot scope, estimated effort, and the criteria for moving to the next stage |
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- Pull together your AD 102/103 outputs
Gather the already-prioritized use case, process map, and pain-point analysis: this is the charter's input, not something to redo. - Fill in each required field
Using the seven fields above, translate the AD 101-103 outputs into charter language: current state and gap, measurable targets, AI/human role split, data and constraints, pilot scope, and Go-No-Go criteria. - Mark which fields need sponsor confirmation
The charter is never filled in unilaterally; mark which fields must be confirmed jointly with the executive sponsor or process owner before they are final.
A learner in IL 101 Module 1 re-runs AD 103's use-case portfolio prioritization to double-check the ranking before writing the Project Charter. Which judgment is most correct?