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Free self-check · runs only in your browser As of 26 August 2026

Where does your business stand?

Twelve questions on workflows, data and the decision. They do not show whether AI suits you; they show where it snags first. Answering honestly pays off: nobody but you sees the result.

Twelve questions on workflows, data and the decision

Every question is a yes or a no. Where you answer “No”, the next step is written underneath.

01Workflows

1. Is there a task that repeats the same way every week and takes more than an hour?
2. Could you explain that task to someone in five sentences well enough for them to take it over?
3. Is it clear how you would tell that the result is good enough?
4. Does someone in the business have time to read every result for the first few weeks?

02Data

5. Do the answers you give most often exist in exactly one place?
6. Do those answers exist in a form a program can read?
7. Do you know which of your records contain personal data?
8. Is it known who keeps those records current?

03Decision

9. Have you tried an AI tool on a real task from your own business?
10. Is there a named person who decides on adoption?
11. Is there an amount you would set aside for this in the first year?
12. Is there a date on which you will check whether the effort paid off?

How to evaluate: count your “Yes” answers and compare with the table.

  • At most four yes answers: Groundwork first, then the tool. What is missing is not the technology. It is the recurring task, the one place for your answers, and the person who decides. That is the usual case and a matter of a few weeks. The points below are the order in which we would start.
  • Five to eight yes answers: A first attempt is possible. The groundwork is partly there. Pick a single task and let the tool assist for four weeks rather than decide anything. The open points below are the gaps that will show up while you do.
  • Nine to twelve yes answers: You can start. Task, data and decision are in place. From here it is no longer the preparation that decides but the choice of the first task. Take the smallest one worth doing, not the largest.

This is what you take away

A result that stays in the browser is gone tomorrow. This starting plan is the shortest way to keep it: copy it, fill it in, file it with your records. It is the same template we use for a first meeting.

Starting plan for AI in the business

Business:
Responsible:
As of:

1. The one task
Which activity:
How often per week:
How long each time:
The result is good when:

2. Where the answers come from
Where the current version lives:
Who keeps it current:
Does it contain personal data:

3. The trial
Tool:
Who reads along for the first four weeks:
Amount for the first year:

4. The review
Review date:
It paid off if:

This is your own note, not an assessment and not an expert opinion. The plan says what you start with, not whether it will work.

Your answers stay in your browser; nothing is transmitted or stored.

This check does not measure, it sorts. Twelve yes-or-no questions cannot say whether AI will pay for itself in your business. They can show where it snags first, and that is usually the more useful answer. What the check expressly does not do: recommend a particular tool, put a figure on cost, or assess your legal position.

There is a separate check for the legal side. What Art. 4 of the AI Act asks of providers and deployers of AI systems is covered in the AI literacy check. This page is about the business only, not about the provision.

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