Reesby Academy · AI & Digital Tools
Evaluating AI Tools for Your Business
Assess AI products on value, risk and fit before you buy.
About this course
With new AI products appearing every month, choosing one can be hard and expensive to get wrong. This course gives you a structured method for comparing options on value, security, cost and fit with your processes. You'll finish with a scorecard, a short list of vendor questions and a pilot plan you can take to your leadership team.
What you will be able to do
- You'll be able to define the business problem before comparing products
- You'll be able to score AI tools against a clear set of criteria
- You'll be able to identify security and data-handling questions to ask vendors
- You'll be able to run a short pilot and decide whether to adopt
Course outline
- Tools you'll need5 min · Lesson notes, example, action task · 2-question quizEvaluating AI tools needs spreadsheets, documents and access to free trials rather than specialist software. Use the tools your organisation already licenses for the evaluation itself.
- Start With the Problem, Not the Tool10 min · Lesson notes, example, action task · 2-question quizGood AI decisions start with a clear problem, a measurable outcome and a view of the current process. Without these, you'll compare features rather than value.
- Building an Evaluation Scorecard10 min · Lesson notes, example, action task · 2-question quizA scorecard turns subjective impressions into comparable evidence. Choose criteria that matter to your business, weight them by importance and score each option against the same evidence.
- Vendor Security and Data Questions10 min · Lesson notes, example, action task · 2-question quizAI tools handle your information, so security and data questions are business questions, not technical details. Ask vendors clearly where data goes, who can access it and how it's used.
- Running a Short Pilot10 min · Lesson notes, example, action task · 2-question quizA pilot tests a tool on real work for a short, defined period. Set the scope, the success measures and the end date before you begin, so the decision is based on evidence.
- Making and Communicating the Decision10 min · Lesson notes, example, action task · 2-question quizA good decision is clear about the evidence, the risks and the conditions for adoption. Communicate it in a short business case that leaders can act on quickly.
- Careers & next steps5 min · Lesson notes, example, action task · 2-question quizAssessing technology for organisations is valuable across operations, digital and procurement roles. These careers build on the problem-first, evidence-based approach in this course.
- Final quiz and certificate10 questions, pass mark 8 of 10. Pass to get your Reesby Academy certificate with a verification link.