What is the AI Assessment?
The AI Assessment is a structured, modular approach that allows us to explore together how AI can truly create value within your business processes. We don’t start with technology, but rather with what’s happening in your organization today: the challenges, opportunities, and ideas that are already there.
From AI Experiment to Business Case
We’ll review a wide range of proven AI use cases, assess which ones are relevant to your context, and evaluate their feasibility in terms of tools, data, governance, and organization. The result is a concrete, well-founded picture of where you stand and where the greatest opportunities lie.
Experimenting, yes; results, not always
Many organizations are already experimenting with AI, but these initiatives aren’t yielding results, are stuck in the pilot phase, or lack direction. Our AI Benchmark 2026, a survey of 150 professionals in Belgium and the Netherlands, confirms this picture:
56%
is still in the experimental and pilot phase.
6%
has broadly integrated AI into its processes.
45%
cites unreliable output as the biggest concern.
Why aren’t those experiments yielding results? Often because the fundamentals haven’t been tested yet: Are the use cases appropriate? Is the data in order? Are governance and policies clear? And is the organization ready? An AI Assessment clearly maps out these factors and translates loose ideas into a well-founded, widely supported business case.
Source: AI Benchmark 2026, Alistar (150 respondents, Belgium and the Netherlands, May and June 2026).
Not ready for a full assessment yet? Start with the free scan.
The AI Maturity Scan is a free, quick self-assessment (16 questions, 2 minutes) that immediately gives you an initial picture of your AI maturity, along with a comparison to 150 organizations from the AI Benchmark 2026. The assessment is the in-depth, guided next step.
Why an AI Assessment?
You might recognize yourself in one of these situations:
- You have experiments underway that aren't having the desired effect, and you want to know why.
- You want to take the right approach from the very beginning, rather than starting from scratch without any guidance.
- There are ideas circulating about AI, but they haven’t been translated into viable business cases.
- There are questions regarding tooling, data, and governance: What is relevant? What is and isn't allowed? And is our data in order?
- There are concerns about data security and whether the organization and its employees are prepared.
What are the benefits?
After the assessment, you’ll have a clear and well-founded understanding of how AI can create value and where you should start:
- A clear understanding of where AI can have the greatest impact.
- Concrete building blocks for a strong, well-supported business case.
- An action plan with priorities and clear next steps.
- Focus on the big picture: use cases, tooling, data, and governance.
- Not isolated initiatives, but an integrated and scalable approach.
- Greater certainty and support within management and the organization.
Scope
Modular AI Assessment
The assessment evaluates your AI opportunities across five areas, giving you a clear picture of both their value and feasibility. The assessment has a modular structure: you choose the areas that are most relevant to you. It is conducted quickly by experienced professionals and is scalable so that it grows along with your organization.
Module 1: Use Cases
We’ll review your existing use cases—both industry-specific and process-based—and determine which ones have the greatest impact on your organization.
Module 2: Tooling Fit
Which technologies and tools are suitable for the selected use cases?.
Module 3: Governance and Policy
What is and isn't allowed, and what guidelines are needed for safe and responsible use.
Module 4: Data Position
Is your data environment sufficiently prepared to successfully implement AI?
Module 5: Culture and Change
Are your people, processes, and organization ready for this evolution?
Triple I Framework
Three Approaches for Maximizing the Impact of AI
AI impact arises along three strategic axes that are not mutually exclusive. An organization can move along all three at the same time, each at its own pace: a Copilot rollout on the shop floor, an agent experiment in a department, and a custom solution for a specific business process. Our role is to help you move forward along the right axis. Discover the Triple I Framework.
Initiate: Optimizing What Already Exists
Get more out of the tools you're already using today and build a solid foundation for AI.
- Rolling Out Copilot
- Establishing Governance and Policy
- Supporting Employees and Structuring the Use of AI
Integrate: Weaving AI into the Business
Integrate AI into your processes and production lines as a bridge to customization.
- Building AI Agents for Processes
- Integration with Line Systems
- Automation with Power Platform and Copilot Studio
Innovate: Build Something Unique
Use AI where standard solutions fall short.
- Custom AI Solutions and Proprietary Models
- Applying RAG to Internal Data
- Developing Autonomous Agents
AI Partner Alistar
Why Alistar?
A good assessment is based on experience and the full picture. What sets us apart:
You're not starting from a blank slate
We’ll guide you with a wide range of proven use cases and experience across all business processes.
Modular and fast
You choose the aspects that matter; we conduct the assessment in a targeted and efficient manner.
By experienced professionals
A well-founded perspective you can rely on—not just a theoretical exercise.
The Big Picture
We evaluate use cases, tools, data, governance, and the organization—not just one aspect.
From Assessment to Business Case
You'll receive building blocks that you can immediately present to management, all the way through to implementation.
AI experiments with no results?
The AI Assessment provides structure, identifies the greatest opportunities, and delivers a well-reasoned business case and action plan.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
A structured, modular assessment that determines which AI use cases are relevant and whether your organization is ready in terms of tools, data, governance, and culture. You’ll end up with a well-founded business case and an action plan.
The AI Maturity Scan is a free, quick self-assessment (16 questions, 2 minutes). The AI Assessment is the in-depth, guided diagnosis that follows, resulting in a concrete business case.
The AI Discovery Cards Workshop focuses on generating ideas using AI cards. The assessment evaluates feasibility (data, tools, governance, organization) and translates ideas into a well-founded business case.
No. The assessment is actually helpful when experiments aren't yielding results, or when you want to take the right approach from the start.
A clear picture of where you stand, concrete building blocks for a well-supported business case, and an action plan with priorities.
