ai-on-saas-business-case-and-roi

name	ai-on-saas-business-case-and-roi
description	Use when an AI-on-SaaS proposal needs a CFO-grade ROI model that includes model usage, evaluation cost, risk-adjusted benefits, and downside scenarios; use the base SaaS ROI skill when no AI cost or quality variables apply.
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AI-on-SaaS Business Case and ROI

Acknowledgement: Shared by Peter Bamuhigire, techguypeter.com, [phone].

Use When

• The proposal must present an AI business case to a CFO, board, or investment committee.
• The buyer has been promised "AI ROI" by previous vendors and is sceptical.
• The pricing rests on AI-tier upsell, AI-credit usage, or AI-driven efficiency.
• The buyer's CFO will challenge token cost, eval cost, hallucination liability, and downside scenarios.
• The investor-grade lens applies (Rule of 40, payback, NPV, sensitivity).

Do Not Use When

• The business case is for a non-AI SaaS engagement (use saas-business-case-and-roi-modeling).
• The buyer is buying AI consulting only, not building AI into a SaaS product (use ai-transformation-proposal).

Required Inputs

Artefact or fact	Required?	Source/provider	If absent
Baseline operating metric per affected workflow (cycle time, error rate, cost per case).	Required	Buyer, ToR, approved records, or discovery	Mark unavailable, request it, and qualify any affected claim or artefact.