Decision tool / Enterprise operating model
Which AI investments deserve funding first?
Model financial return and delivery readiness together. Switch executive perspectives to see how Finance, People, and Technology share responsibility.
Private, illustrative model. Inputs remain in your browser and are not submitted to Hawksmoor.
Choose your executive perspective
Allocate capital with defensible assumptions.
Separate cash return from productive capacity. Inspect ownership cost, payback, and discounted value before approving investment.
Investment assumptions
All starting values are illustrative. Enter validated estimates for your own initiative.
Workforce capacity, reported separately
Capacity value helps People and Operations plan redeployment. It is never added to cash return.
Financial view
3-year net cash value
$170,000
Cash benefits less total ownership cost
3-year ownership cost
$610,000
One-time investment plus recurring costs
Net present value
$98,159
Discounted cash flows less initial investment
Estimated cash payback
21.4 months
If ongoing net cash benefit is positive
Cash-based ROI
27.9%
Net cash value divided by total cost
Annual capacity value
$265,200
Productive time illustration. Not cash savings.
Show the formulas and assumptions
Annual cash benefit = avoidable annual cash cost + additional annual revenue × contribution margin.
Total ownership cost = one-time investment + (monthly operating cost × 12 × years).
Net cash value = annual cash benefit × years − total ownership cost.
Cash ROI = net cash value ÷ total ownership cost. If cost is zero, ROI is undefined.
Net present value = −one-time investment + sum of each year's (annual cash benefit − annual operating cost) ÷ (1 + discount rate) raised to the year.
Payback months = one-time investment ÷ ((annual cash benefit ÷ 12) − monthly operating cost), when that denominator is positive.
Annual released hours = participants × hours freed weekly × 52 × adoption rate.
Capacity value = annual released hours × redeployment rate × loaded hourly rate. Capacity is excluded from financial ROI, NPV, and payback.
This simplified model assumes level annual benefit and constant annual operating cost. It excludes taxes, ramp-up, working-capital timing, and terminal value.
Roadmap readiness
Score each area from 0 to 5 using evidence. These scores highlight missing prerequisites and do not predict AI outcomes.
Candidate for scoped pilot review
All readiness scores meet the illustrative 3/5 threshold. Confirm ownership, safeguards, and baseline performance before approval.
Turn an initial model into an investment decision.
Hawksmoor can establish your baseline, trace the operating evidence, and scope the next decision.