AI · COPILOT BUSINESS CASE
Before you license Microsoft 365 Copilot for the whole company, get the per-seat number finance can sign off on.
A fixed-fee assessment that models the per-seat Copilot cost against the time saved at your real license count, surfaces the readiness gaps that inflate the bill, and ends in a funded go, defer, or scoped-pilot decision.
The deliverable
Copilot ROI & Readiness Brief, on your desk
A representative deliverable. Yours is built on your own environment, with names and figures redacted here.
This is for you if
Built for the Owner, CFO, or IT Director.
You have been asked what Copilot would cost, and nobody will approve the spend without a model. You need to know the break-even before licensing every seat. You cannot say which readiness gaps would inflate the bill once the licenses are bought.
What you receive
Copilot ROI & Readiness Brief
A per-seat cost and benefit model with conservative and target scenarios, and the break-even.
Ranked use-case map
The highest-value Copilot use cases by role and department.
Scoped pilot proposal
A recommended cohort, success metrics, and the readiness gaps to clear first.
Typical timeline
1-2 weeksIncluded
- Per-seat cost and benefit ROI model
- Ranked use-case map by role
- Readiness scorecard
- Scoped pilot proposal
Assumptions
- Microsoft 365 already in use, with Copilot not yet deployed
- Time savings estimated from agreed scenarios, not measured in your environment
Not included
- Copilot deployment or the pilot build (scoped separately)
- Licensing purchase
Scoped separately here: Fix & improve.
Required access
- License counts and per-seat costs
- Stakeholder time to map use cases
- A 30-minute kickoff with finance or IT
Engagement complete when
The engagement is complete when the ROI brief, use-case map, and scoped pilot proposal are delivered and walked through.
Bring finance a model and a scoped pilot to approve.
One fixed fee, agreed in writing before any access is granted. The timeline above is the whole engagement, and what you keep is documentation your team can act on. One senior engineer scopes and delivers it.
The fee depends on what is actually in your environment rather than your headcount. The scope-fit check tells you where you land →