AI Readiness and Implementation Playbook for Australian Small and Medium Busines
64 professional files (6 PDFs + 58 Excel workbooks) | 349+ spreadsheet tabs | 2,730+ rows of structured content | 11 organised folders
AI readiness separates organisations that deliver measurable value from those that burn budget on pilots that never reach production. The blockers are rarely the models themselves. Data quality, platform maturity, talent, governance, and change readiness all have to line up before AI investment pays back. A clear-eyed assessment and a sequenced roadmap are the fastest path from intent to impact.
WHAT YOU GET: A THREE-PHASE JOURNEY
Phase 1: Diagnose. Seven domain assessments (30 questions each, 210 total) score your maturity across AI Strategy and Governance, Data Foundations and Integration, Australian Regulatory Compliance, and related areas. You can complete the Quick Scan diagnostic in under an hour and know exactly where the biggest gaps and opportunities sit.
Phase 2: Set Goals. Five PM template workbooks with roadmaps, RACI matrices, milestone trackers, risk registers, and stakeholder communication plans. These lock in scope, timeline, and accountability before a single line of implementation work starts, which is consistently where programmes succeed or stall.
Phase 3: Implement. Nine operational runbooks and checklists covering handover and integration. Every runbook is built to be followed by a working team, not read and filed. Pro tips, example rows, and common-mistake callouts give you the benefit of hard-won practitioner experience from the first day.
7 DOMAIN ASSESSMENTS (210 QUESTIONS)
• AI Strategy and Governance
• Data Foundations and Integration
• Australian Regulatory Compliance
• Ethics Bias and Transparency
• Technology Selection and Vendor Management
• Operational Use Case Readiness
• Workforce Transformation and Capability
9 OPERATIONAL RUNBOOKS
• AI Handoff Protocol Model Development to Ops
• AI Integration Checklist Cross Domain Security
• AI Operational Use Case Runbook Customer Service Automation
• AI Operational Use Case Runbook Dynamic Pricing
• AI Operational Use Case Runbook Fraud Detection
• AI Operational Use Case Runbook Predictive Maintenance
• AI Operational Use Case Runbook Supply Chain Optimization
• AI Role Based Task Guide AI Champion
• AI Role Based Task Guide Data Steward
The full kit also includes a practitioner-grade library of PM forms spanning all five PMBOK process groups, KPI dashboards, risk and compliance registers, and reference cards. Every template comes pre-populated with domain-specific example data so your team can start editing, not staring at blank rows. You get a consistent operating system across diagnostic, planning, delivery, and sustainment, which is how mature programmes compound improvement year over year.
WHO THIS IS FOR: Enterprise AI programme leaders, chief data and analytics officers, transformation directors, and delivery teams implementing AI at scale.
Aligned with leading industry standards and PMBOK project management practice.
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Source: Best Practices in Artificial Intelligence Excel: AI Readiness & for Australian Small & Medium Playbook Excel (XLSX) Spreadsheet, Gerard Blokdijk
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