The 30-Day AI Pilot Workbook

Description

Roughly 95% of AI pilots show no measurable return, and about 77% of small businesses using AI have no formal system for it. Almost every AI product sells you more usage; this one makes you measure. Over 30 days you pick one recurring task, time three real instances to establish a baseline, write down a repeatable workflow and a quality bar anyone can apply in two minutes, log every instance, then do the arithmetic and make a keep/fix/kill decision. Ten worksheet files, 1,379 lines, built on one rule: the only number that counts is end-to-end time including review and rework — because timing the AI step and ignoring the fixing is exactly why so many pilots feel fast and return nothing. It is deliberately designed so it can return 'no'.

What's included

• 00-start-here.md — the problem, the honest scope, the 30-day map (80 lines)
• 01-task-audit.md — candidate task dump, four filters, the data check (121 lines)
• 02-pick-and-commit.md — scorecard, named owner, pre-committed success threshold, kill conditions (122 lines)
• 03-baseline.md — three timed instances, frequency, hourly cost, quality baseline (154 lines)
• 04-workflow-doc.md — step mapping, AI/HUMAN/CHECK/CUT tagging, prompt freeze and version log (172 lines)
• 05-quality-bar.md — written acceptance checklist, P/M/F scoring, red lines, review timing (141 lines)
• 06-run-log.md — 40-row run log, prompt change log, incident log, weekly check-ins (161 lines)
• 07-do-the-math.md — the formulas, three honesty tests, a labelled worked example (182 lines)
• 08-decide-and-next.md — keep/fix/kill decision, handover checklist, running scoreboard (125 lines)
• ai-workflow-master-template.md — blank one-page workflow doc to copy per task (121 lines)
• README.md — overview, scope, and time commitment (91 lines)

Delivery

Instant download after Stripe checkout. File: nightforge-ai-pilot-workbook.zip