AI Score Calibration Guide
An unanchored 1-to-10 scale is a survey question wearing a spreadsheet. Work through all six dimensions one at a time, check every score against its full rubric, then generate a report of what you scored and why.
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Replace AI Vibes With Objective Evidence
Work through all six dimensions one at a time. For each one, move the slider to where the evidence sits, check it against the full rubric below, then move on. At the end, get a report of what you scored and why.
Strategic Fit
How well the use case aligns with a priority your leadership is already measuring.
Supported by one department head, not yet on a leadership scorecard
| Score | What it looks like |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody outside your own team has ever raised this problem |
| 2 | Solves a problem nobody above your level is tracking |
| 3 | One peer team feels the same pain, but it has never been raised upward |
| 4 | A manager has mentioned it in conversation, but it exists nowhere in writing |
| 5 | Supported by one department head, not yet on a leadership scorecard |
| 6 | Referenced in a departmental plan, but not yet in a company-wide one |
| 7 | Two or more department heads have independently raised the same priority |
| 8 | Named in this year's leadership priorities or board deck |
| 9 | Tied to a metric the CEO or board reviews on a recurring cadence |
| 10 | The problem this solves is the stated reason the current budget cycle exists |
I built this after the same argument kept happening in different rooms: one person calls a project a 7, another calls it a 4, and neither is lying. They just never agreed on what a 7 requires. This page is the answer to 'what does that number mean,' dimension by dimension, so a score is something you can defend in a room.
