Data & AI Check

From Maturity Assessment to Strategic AI Roadmap

The first step is always the hardest

In today’s digital age, data and AI are no longer just buzzwords; they are crucial success factors for every business. The key lies not simply in becoming ‘data- and AI-driven’, but in harnessing the power of data and AI to take your business to the next level.

The main challenge is that companies often have plenty of AI ideas, but the coordination process takes too long and is too expensive. At the same time, many colleagues are unclear about how AI is transforming the business or what opportunities it offers.

Typical challenges

  • Many data and AI use cases, but it is unclear which ones present genuine opportunities or are worth pursuing
  • AI is perceived as too risky – data protection and compliance make it impossible
  • A lack of a shared vision and understanding of the opportunities

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The Data & AI Check

Through a bespoke Data & AI Check, we conduct a 1–2-day workshop to gain key insights into your organisation’s current data and AI maturity, target capabilities and potential use cases. This is your first step towards a data- and AI-transformed future.

What is an AI Maturity Check?

An AI Maturity Check is a method for assessing how mature a company is in its use of AI. AI maturity indicates the extent to which a company makes optimal use of AI. To achieve a high level of AI maturity, AI must be firmly embedded within the organisation and fully integrated into every decision and activity.

For companies that first wish to establish the prerequisites for the successful use of AI, we also offer a Data Maturity Check. This assesses the maturity of the data infrastructure and data processes and provides transparency regarding the data foundation as the basis for the successful deployment of

The four phases of the AI strategy

Step by step towards a future-proof, tailor-made target organisation:
Phase 1

Start

  • Management Enablement & AI Vision
  • Developing a shared vision for the use of AI that strengthens the corporate identity and guides future initiatives.
  • Understanding the opportunities and risks, and building readiness for the next steps.
Phase 2

Understand

  • AI Maturity Assessment
  • A fact-based and transparent view of the organisation’s current AI maturity.
  • A gap analysis against the target state provides concrete measures. A benchmark comparison shows the company’s position relative to the industry.
Phase 3

Establish

  • AI Target Operating Model
  • A management framework for prioritising AI initiatives at a strategic level.
  • Defined roles, processes and governance structures that clarify responsibilities.
Phase 4

Act

Use Case Backlog & Prioritisation

Identification and documentation of AI use cases across the entire organisation.

Development of the top use cases with the highest business value and ROI.

Data Foundation, Process Mining & Business Automation

The Data & AI Check works best when it brings together three disciplines:

Data Foundation

Clean, reliable data is a prerequisite for any AI initiative. We provide clarity on data maturity, strategy and governance:

  • Data Ownership: Clear responsibilities
  • Data Quality: Reliability and consistency
  • Data Governance: Rules and processes for data management

Process Mining

From gut feeling to figures, data and facts. Process mining reveals how processes actually work:

  • Process reconstruction: Understand the true nature of your processes
  • Anomaly detection: Identify loops and inefficiencies
  • Automation potential: Show where automation is worthwhile

Business Automation & AI

With AI-powered automation, processes become intelligent and adaptive:

  • Agentic Automation: AI agents make decisions independently
  • End-to-end automation: Without any breaks in the workflow
  • Controlled AI: Transparency and auditability despite the use of AI

Important: If the current process is chaotic, a bot will simply turn it into chaos at a faster pace. That is why, at adesso, we consider data strategy, process mining and business automation as a unified whole.

Results of the Data & AI Check

  • Transparent assessment of AI maturity across all action dimensions (drivers, enablers, operationalisation, governance)
  • A prioritised list of actions with specific recommendations
  • Use case backlog with assessed automation and AI opportunities
  • Foundation for a future-proof AI strategy

Next steps

Ready to take your business to the next level? Let’s work together to define a bespoke AI strategy.

Contact us for a no-obligation discussion about the opportunities and challenges of AI within your organisation.

Any questions?

Are you ready to unleash the full potential of your data? Then get in touch with us. You can learn more about the data maturity check in a one-on-one meeting or schedule a date for a workshop today.