AI Strategy Consulting Guide 2025: Roadmaps, Use Cases, Data, Governance, MLOps & ROI
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AI strategy consulting helps leaders move from ideas to shipped outcomes. The work picks high-value use cases, a lean data plan, clear rules, and MLOps so models launch and improve. Start with two pilots tied to KPIs and weekly review, then scale what works across teams.
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What AI Strategy Consulting Covers
- Use cases and value. Pick problems with frequent volume and clear payback. See AI strategy to value.
- Data foundations. Source of truth rules, privacy, and lineage with digital and technology.
- Governance. Roles, risk controls, model registers, and review rhythm aligned to NIST AI RMF 1.0.
- MLOps and LLMOps. Versioning, testing, deployment, and monitoring based on Google MLOps guidance.
- Change and ROI. Training, controls, and weekly scorecards with strategy and business transformation.
Why Now
| Finding | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Business use of AI in 2024 | 78% | Stanford AI Index 2025 |
| U.S. private AI investment in 2024 | $109.1B | Stanford AI Index 2025 |
| Core risk functions for AI | Govern Map Measure Manage | NIST AI RMF 1.0 |
| Certifiable AI management system | ISO/IEC 42001:2023 | ISO |
| EU AI Act phase in dates | 2025 to 2026 | European Commission |
These references support roadmaps, controls, and procurement language in 2025.
30-60-90 Day Roadmap
- 30 days. Pick two use cases with frequent volume and clear KPIs. Draft a data map and a model register aligned to NIST AI RMF.
- 60 days. Stand up pipelines, evaluation sets, and basic monitoring using MLOps patterns. Begin privacy checks with data privacy services.
- 90 days. Ship both pilots, publish a one-page scorecard, and plan rollouts for two more use cases.
High-Value Use Cases
- Revenue. Lead scoring, price assist, churn flags, and next best offer tied to strategy.
- Cost. Claims review, ticket deflection, and forecast accuracy with digital consulting services.
- Risk. Vendor screening and policy checks mapped to ISO/IEC 42001 roles and logs.
Data Foundations
- Source of truth. One place to resolve IDs, time windows, and filters.
- Privacy and security. Minimize sensitive fields and add audit trails. See what a data privacy consultant does.
- Quality gates. Drift checks and golden datasets for tests and re-tests.
MLOps And LLMOps
- Version everything. Data slices, prompts, models, and rollouts.
- Evaluate. Suites for accuracy, safety, latency, and cost based on Google guidance.
- Monitor. Capture feedback and auto-trigger re-tests with risk gates before scale.
Governance That Helps Delivery
Adopt a simple playbook based on NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001: a named sponsor, a product owner, a risk lead, an engineering lead, and a weekly forum to approve changes and review KPIs.
How To Track ROI
- Pick 2 to 4 KPIs per use case. Cycle time, win rate, recontact, unit cost, or error rate.
- Run an A/B or pre-post view. Keep a control where possible.
- Publish a one-page scorecard. Owner, baseline, target, current, next actions.
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External Sources
- Stanford HAI. 2025 AI Index Report overview and economy sections. https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}, https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report/economy
- NIST. Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework 1.0. https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ai/nist.ai.100-1.pdf
- ISO. ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Artificial intelligence — Management system. https://www.iso.org/standard/42001
- European Commission. EU AI Act timeline and application. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai
- Google Cloud. MLOps continuous delivery and automation pipelines. https://cloud.google.com/architecture/mlops-continuous-delivery-and-automation-pipelines-in-machine-learning
- McKinsey. State of AI 2025 highlights. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai
About the Author
Aykut Cakir, Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer, has a demonstrated history in negotiations, business planning, business development. He has served as a Finance Director for gases & energy, pharmaceuticals, retail, FMCG, and automotive industries. He has collaborated closely with client leadership to co-create a customized operating model tailored to the unique needs of each project segment in the region. Aykut conducted workshops focused on developing effective communication strategies to ensure team alignment with new operating models and organizational changes.
