AI Value Discovery
Identify the AI Opportunities That Can Move Your Business Forward
Introduction
Find and Prioritize the AI Opportunities Worth Pursuing
You may already have AI ideas coming from leadership, business teams, IT, and vendors. The challenge is determining which opportunities deserve investment and which are not ready to move forward.
ProArch’s AI Value Discovery brings business and technology stakeholders together to identify, evaluate, and prioritize AI and agent use cases.
Through a structured AI use case prioritization process, you receive a ranked portfolio of opportunities, a conceptual blueprint for the highest-priority use case, and a 12-month investment roadmap.

THE AI PRIORITIZATION CHALLENGE
Too Many AI Ideas. No Clear Investment Priorities
Leadership wants progress on AI, but teams lack a practical roadmap
Business units are exploring AI independently, creating competing priorities
Opportunities are not being evaluated consistently across value, feasibility, readiness, and risk
Budgets and resources are limited, making it difficult to decide where to invest first
Stakeholders need evidence that initiatives can support measurable business outcomes
Identify Key AI Opportunities
AI Use Case Prioritization for Better Investment Decisions
AI Value Discovery gives business and technology stakeholders a consistent way to compare potential AI investments.
Each opportunity is evaluated against shared business and execution criteria, helping your team move beyond competing requests, individual opinions, and technology trends to make better-informed investment decisions.
Executive Alignment: Align business and technology leaders around AI objectives, organizational priorities, risks, and investment criteria.
Use Case Discovery: Facilitated workshops identify potential AI and agent use cases across business functions, teams, and workflows.
AI Use Case Evaluation: Evaluate each use case based on business value, feasibility, readiness, and governance.
Portfolio Prioritization: A prioritized AI use case portfolio based on potential impact and ability to execute.
Roadmap Development: Receive a conceptual blueprint for the leading use case, executive recommendations, and a 12-month roadmap for validation and implementation.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
A Decision-Ready AI Investment Roadmap
Prioritized AI use case portfolio covering AI and agent opportunities
Evaluation scorecard for business value, feasibility, readiness, and risk.
Conceptual blueprint for the highest- priority use case
12-month roadmap outlining use case sequencing, dependencies, and next steps
Executive recommendations for validation, preparation, or implementation
MAKE SMARTER AI INVESTMENTS
What AI Value Discovery Helps You Accomplish
- Establish shared criteria for determining which AI opportunities are worth pursuing
- Compare competing ideas using a consistent AI use case evaluation process
- Identify which opportunities are ready and which require preparation
- Focus resources on opportunities with strong potential and a realistic path to execution
- Give executives a clear basis for approving, sequencing, or deferring AI investments
- Move forward with a defined next step for each prioritized opportunity
WHAT COMES NEXT?
AI Value Discovery Helps You Choose. ImpactNOW Helps You Prove It.
AI Value Discovery narrows your AI and agent opportunities into a prioritized use case portfolio so you know where to begin. Once a priority use case is selected, ImpactNOW tests whether it can deliver enough value to justify further investment and scaling.
| AI VALUE DISCOVERY | IMPACTNOW | |
| Best for | Teams evaluating multiple AI opportunities | Teams with a defined AI use case |
| Primary Goal | Prioritize where to invest | Determine whether the use case is worth scaling |
| Key Output | Prioritized AI use case portfolio and 12-month roadmap | Working MVP, proof of value, and go/no-go recommendation |
| Question Answered | Which AI opportunity should we pursue first? | Can this use case deliver enough value to justify scaling? |
Best for
Primary Goal
Key Output
Question Answered
AI VALUE DISCOVERY
Teams evaluating multiple AI opportunities
Prioritize where to invest
AI use case portfolio and 12-month roadmap
Which AI opportunity should we pursue first?
IMPACTNOW
Teams with a defined AI use case
Determine whether the use case is worth scaling
Working MVP, go/no-go recommendation
Can this use case justify scaling?
Why ProArch
A Partner Who Gets You on a Clear Path to AI Execution
- One partner to help you prioritize, validate, implement, and scale AI initiatives
- Microsoft expertise across Copilot, Microsoft Foundry, Fabric, Purview, and Power Platform
- AI, data, cloud, security, and governance specialists evaluating opportunities together
- A connected path from AI opportunity prioritization to readiness, proof of value, implementation, and adoption

Know Where to Invest in AI First
Bring your stakeholders together, compare competing opportunities, and leave with a clear plan for which AI use cases to advance first.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is AI Value Discovery?
AI Value Discovery is a structured AI use case prioritization engagement that helps you identify, evaluate, and rank potential AI and agent use cases.
ProArch assesses each opportunity based on business value, technical feasibility, organizational readiness, and risk. You receive a prioritized AI use case portfolio and a 12-month AI investment roadmap for deciding what to fund, prepare, or pursue next.
Who should participate in an AI Value Discovery?
The engagement typically includes executive sponsors, business function leaders, IT, data, security, and other stakeholders involved in evaluating or implementing AI. The exact participant group depends on your organization and the areas being explored.
Do we need to have an AI use case already identified?
No. The engagement can help uncover potential AI and agent use cases across your organization. It can also help evaluate ideas that teams have already proposed.
How long does AI Value Discovery take?
Most AI Value Discovery engagements are completed in one to two weeks and require approximately four to six total hours from participating members of your team.
What is the cost of AI Value Discovery?
AI Value Discovery pricing is based on the size and complexity of your organization, with engagements starting at $4,000.
In some cases, Microsoft funding or credits toward qualified follow-on services may be available.
What happens after AI Value Discovery?
AI Value Discovery helps you determine which opportunities are worth pursuing and what should happen next. Depending on the roadmap, your next step may include:
- Validating a high-priority use case through an ImpactNOW proof-of-value engagement
- Addressing AI governance, security, data, or organizational readiness gaps
- Moving into implementation for opportunities that are ready to advance
