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AI Readiness Assessment

A free, 4-minute self-assessment of your organisation's readiness to adopt and scale AI across 6 pillars, powered by Azure OpenAI

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What is AI Readiness Assessment?

A structured self-assessment designed to help organisations understand their current state and identify opportunities for AI adoption and scaling.

The AI Readiness Assessment is a diagnostic tool powered by Azure OpenAI that looks at your organisation across six dimensions of AI capability, including generative AI, agents and POPIA. Rate 24 statements in about 4 minutes using a simple 1–5 agree/disagree scale. You see your overall score and maturity level straight away; add your work email for a detailed snapshot with three immediate observations and your strongest and weakest areas. Your score is self-reported: it reflects one respondent's answers, placed against TTD's AI readiness maturity framework.

Whether you're just beginning your AI journey or looking to enhance existing capabilities, the snapshot gives you 30-day quick wins for your focus areas, technology suggestions from the TTD Tech Radar, and a branded PDF you can share with stakeholders. Your name, role and work email are required for the snapshot; it is emailed to you and kept at a private link for 90 days. The Scan is completely free.

The 6 Critical Pillars

Our assessment framework evaluates your organisation across six interconnected dimensions of AI readiness.

Data Infrastructure

Assesses the quality, accessibility, and governance of your data assets from centralised data sources and real-time pipelines to data versioning and lineage tracking.

AI Strategy & Leadership

Evaluates executive vision, investment commitment, strategic alignment, and whether AI initiatives are tied to clear business objectives.

Technical Capability

Reviews your infrastructure, tooling, cloud capabilities, development environments, and engineering readiness to build and deploy AI solutions at scale.

Processes & Governance

Examines workflows, policies, ethical guidelines, and frameworks for responsible AI use including model lifecycle management and bias mitigation.

Security & Compliance

Evaluates data protection practices, regulatory compliance (POPIA, GDPR and sector-specific requirements), privacy-by-design principles, and AI-specific risk management.

Culture & Adoption

Measures team readiness, change management maturity, innovation mindset, training programmes, and organisational capacity to embrace AI-driven ways of working.

See Your Results Instantly

Your score, six-pillar profile and triggered production risk gates appear the moment you finish, before we ask for anything.

Example AI Readiness Snapshot: a self-reported score of 54 (Emerging) with 4 production risk gates to close, a six-pillar radar profile and the TTD maturity path

How It Works

1
Tell Us About Your Organisation

Provide basic context (company size, industry and current AI usage) so we can personalise your assessment.

2
Rate 24 Statements

Rate your organisation across 6 pillars using a simple 1–5 agree/disagree scale. Takes about 4 minutes, and your headline score appears straight away.

3
AI Generates Your Report

Enter your name and work email. Your answers are scored against TTD's maturity framework and Azure OpenAI generates your personalised readiness report.

4
Review & Take Action

Explore your results, download the PDF, or return to your private link (kept for 90 days) and start on the quick wins. Book a 30-minute Readiness Review to sense-check the result.

AI Readiness Maturity Levels

Your self-reported score out of 100 places you on one of four levels of TTD's maturity framework.

Starter (0–40)

Early stage. AI use is ad hoc or experimental, with limited data foundations and no formal strategy or governance yet.

Emerging (41–60)

Foundations are forming. Pilots are underway and some policies are in place, but gaps still block scaling.

Scaling (61–80)

Solid capabilities across most pillars, with AI use cases moving into production under clear governance.

Leading (81–100)

AI is embedded across operations, supported by mature governance, security and continuous improvement.

Scoring model version 2.0.0.

What You'll Receive

Comprehensive insights to drive your AI transformation.

AI Readiness Score

A self-reported score out of 100 with your maturity level (Starter, Emerging, Scaling or Leading), placed against TTD's maturity framework.

Strongest & Weakest Areas

Scores for all 6 pillars (data, strategy, technical capability, governance, security and culture), with your two strongest and two weakest called out.

Three Immediate Observations

Specific observations drawn from your answers: the points most worth validating before you fund the next AI initiative.

Production Risk Gates

Eight rule-based checks for blockers such as prompt injection, shadow AI and missing human oversight, each citing NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, OWASP or POPIA, plus 30-day quick wins.

Tech Radar Integration

Get technology suggestions aligned with your maturity level, drawn directly from the TTD Technology Radar's curated recommendations.

Downloadable PDF Report

Download a branded PDF report with charts and recommendations to share with leadership. Your report is also emailed to you and kept at a private link for 90 days.

See Where You Sit on the Maturity Path

Your answers are placed against TTD's maturity framework, so you can see your current level and what the next level needs.

Starter
0–40 Emerging
41–60 Scaling
61–80 Leading
81–100

Example: a self-reported score of 61 sits at the start of the Scaling level

Self-Reported Score

Your score reflects one respondent's answers. It is a starting point for discussion, not an audit.

Maturity Level

See whether you are Starter, Emerging, Scaling or Leading, and what separates you from the next level.

Focus Areas & Quick Wins

See which of the 6 pillars are holding you back, with 30-day quick wins for your weakest two.

Transparent Scoring

Scores use TTD's published maturity bands and scoring model version 2.0.0.

Emailed Report & Private Link

Your report is emailed to your work address and kept at a private link for 90 days.

Want It Verified?

The AI Value & Production Readiness Sprint tests your self-reported score against stakeholder interviews and evidence.

Who Should Use This Assessment?

C-Suite & Leadership

Get a quick read on organisational readiness before making strategic decisions about AI investments.

IT & Technology Leaders

Assess infrastructure, identify technical gaps, and plan for AI implementation.

Data & AI Teams

Take stock of current capabilities, communicate needs to stakeholders, and make the case for resources.

Strategy & Innovation

Evaluate organisational capacity for AI-driven innovation and transformation initiatives.

Business Unit Leaders

Understand how AI can impact your operations and what's needed to realise benefits.

Risk, Compliance & Governance

Get an early view of governance, security and compliance gaps before AI use cases move into production.

Free Assessment, Pro Report or Readiness Sprint?

The free assessment tells you where you think you are. The Pro report turns that result into a board-ready pack. The Sprint tells you where you actually are, and what to fund next.

Free AI Readiness Assessment Pro Report AI Value & Production Readiness Sprint
Time About 4 minutes, online Builds on your free result once TTD unlocks it 10 business days with TTD
Input One respondent, 24 questions Your free result, reviewed by a TTD consultant Up to five stakeholder interviews and up to eight supporting artefacts
Score Self-reported Self-reported, with peer benchmark percentiles against similar organisations Self-reported vs TTD-verified, with stakeholder alignment and evidence-confidence analysis
Risk 8 production risk gates flagged from your answers (citing NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, OWASP and POPIA), plus an answer-consistency check Compliance map against the EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF, POPIA and the OWASP LLM Top 10, plus a starter risk register Risk gates tested against evidence and stakeholder interviews, mapped to NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001
Use cases Three observations and Tech Radar suggestions Use cases for your industry ranked by value and feasibility, with an ROI calculator Three use cases ranked by value, feasibility and risk, plus one quantified business case
Architecture & gaps Strongest and weakest areas, with 30-day quick wins Consultant commentary and top three priorities Data, integration, security and governance gap map and a Microsoft Foundry-aligned target architecture
Plan No roadmap: a starting point for discussion Costed 90-day roadmap with owners and dependencies Proceed / prepare / pause decision and a prioritised 90-day roadmap
Output PDF report, emailed with a 90-day private link Board pack PDF, editable PowerPoint board deck and a governance kit (risk register and four policy templates) Executive presentation and readout, mapped to NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001
Cost Free Agreed with TTD before it is unlocked. Request it from your results page. Fixed price, agreed up front

Want the view from your whole leadership team? An Enterprise Workspace runs the assessment across many leaders by invite link and shows where they agree, where they don't, and how business units and levels compare. Each person's answers stay private, and nothing shows until a minimum number of people have taken part.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The AI Readiness Assessment is a free self-assessment that helps organisations understand their current state and identify opportunities for AI adoption across 6 pillars: Data Infrastructure, AI Strategy & Leadership, Technical Capability, Processes & Governance, Security & Compliance, and Culture & Adoption. Your answers produce a self-reported score that is placed against TTD's AI readiness maturity framework.

About 4 minutes. There are 24 statements, each rated on a 1 to 5 agree/disagree scale. You see your self-reported score, maturity level, six-pillar profile and which of 8 production risk gates you trigger straight away, then, with your work email, a detailed snapshot with why each gate matters, an answer-confidence check, three immediate observations, your two strongest and two weakest areas with 30-day quick wins, Tech Radar technology suggestions and a downloadable PDF. A costed 90-day roadmap is part of the Pro report, and an evidence-based one is part of the paid Sprint.

Your score out of 100 is placed in one of four maturity levels: Starter (0-40), Emerging (41-60), Scaling (61-80) and Leading (81-100). Scores are calculated using TTD's scoring model version 2.0.0.

The assessment evaluates 6 pillars: Data Infrastructure (quality, accessibility, governance of data assets), AI Strategy & Leadership (executive vision, investment, strategic alignment), Technical Capability (infrastructure, tooling, engineering readiness), Processes & Governance (workflows, policies, responsible AI frameworks), Security & Compliance (data protection, POPIA and GDPR compliance, risk management), and Culture & Adoption (team readiness, change management, innovation mindset).

No. Your score is self-reported by one respondent and placed against TTD's maturity framework. It is not an industry benchmark or a comparison with other organisations. If you need an evidence-based view, the AI Value & Production Readiness Sprint compares your self-reported score with a TTD-verified score based on stakeholder interviews and a review of supporting artefacts.

Your score, maturity level, six-pillar profile and triggered risk gates appear before we ask for anything. Your name, work email and role are required for the detailed snapshot. Your report is emailed to you and kept at a private link for 90 days, and you can download it as a PDF. You can optionally tick a box asking a TTD expert to follow up, and separately opt in to marketing communications. Both are optional. See our Privacy Policy for details.

The free Scan gives you a quick, self-reported view in about 4 minutes. The Sprint is a paid, fixed-scope, 10-business-day engagement for one business unit: TTD interviews up to five stakeholders, reviews up to eight supporting artefacts, verifies your score, ranks three use cases, builds one quantified business case, maps gaps, proposes a Microsoft Foundry-aligned target architecture, and gives a proceed/prepare/pause decision with a prioritised 90-day roadmap.

The Pro report builds on your free result and turns it into what an executive team needs to decide and act: a compliance map against the EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF, POPIA and the OWASP LLM Top 10, peer benchmarks, an industry business case with an ROI calculator, a costed 90-day roadmap, a starter risk register and commentary from a TTD consultant. It comes with a board pack PDF, an editable PowerPoint board deck and a governance kit. You request it from your results page, and TTD unlocks it once terms are agreed. The free assessment stays free. To run the assessment across your whole leadership team, ask about an Enterprise Workspace. See how we score for the full method.