AI Resources & Guides | PlanckCyber

Resources

Practical guidance for AI decisions.

Decision tools, worksheets, checklists and source-backed guides designed to help executives and technical evaluators move from AI interest to evidence-based action.

Guides

Understand the choices before you build.

Guide

Choosing the First AI Workflow

A practical way to compare automation opportunities before committing engineering effort.

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Guide

RAG vs. Fine-Tuning

What each approach is for, where they differ, and why organizational knowledge often starts with retrieval.

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Guide

How to Evaluate an AI Agent

A plain-language framework for task quality, tool use, exceptions, safety and business acceptance.

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Assessment

AI Readiness Assessment

Directional self-assessment covering opportunity, data, systems, risk and operating ownership.

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AI Consulting

Strategy, readiness and proof guidance.

Cluster 1 guidance for buyers and operators making AI investment decisions.

AI Consulting

How to Choose an AI Consulting Company

A practical buyer framework for evaluating AI consulting companies on problem definition, technical depth, delivery accountability, controls and path to production.

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AI Strategy & Readiness

How to Identify High-Value AI Use Cases

A business-first method for identifying and prioritizing AI use cases based on impact, workflow fit, evidence, data, controls and operating ownership.

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AI Consulting

How Much Does AI Consulting Cost?

What drives AI consulting cost, how common engagement structures differ, and how to compare scope without relying on misleading universal price ranges.

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AI Project Planning

Why AI Pilots Fail to Reach Production

The operating, technical and evaluation failures that keep AI pilots from becoming dependable production systems—and how to design a better decision path.

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Decision tools

Use the right evidence at each stage.

These resources preserve PlanckCyber’s established planning tools at their existing URLs and pair each page with the original downloadable worksheet or checklist.

AI Strategy & Readiness

AI Strategy & Readiness

AI Workflow Candidate Scorecard

A practical screen for deciding whether a workflow deserves deeper review.

Open resource

AI Strategy & Readiness

AI Readiness Assessment Worksheet

A cross-functional worksheet for moving from mandate to evidence-based decision.

Open resource

AI Strategy & Readiness

AI Vendor Comparison Guide

A decision structure for models, platforms and implementation partners.

Open resource

AI Strategy & Readiness

AI Discovery Preparation Guide

Prepare one workflow for a senior, evidence-based discussion.

Open resource

AI Project Planning

AI Project Planning

AI Pilot Go / No-Go Checklist

A gate for authorizing a bounded workflow pilot.

Open resource

AI Project Planning

AI Automation ROI Planning Model

A transparent worksheet for ranges, assumptions and sensitivity — not a promised return.

Open resource

AI Project Planning

90-Day AI Workflow Pilot Timeline

A planning sequence from decision design to evidence and exit.

Open resource

AI Project Planning

AI Project Buyer Decision Checklist

Compare proposals on evidence, responsibility and operating risk.

Open resource

AI Agents & Governance

AI Agents & Governance

AI Agent Control Matrix

Tools, permissions, human authority and evidence for agentic systems.

Open resource

AI Agents & Governance

High-Risk AI Use-Case Narrative Worksheet

A structured narrative for harm, authority, evidence and review.

Open resource

Evaluation & Measurement

Evaluation & Measurement

LLM Evaluation Template

Representative cases, acceptance criteria and regression evidence.

Open resource

Evaluation & Measurement

AI Implementation Evidence Checklist

The evidence required to move from idea to pilot, production and operation.

Open resource

Implementation

Implementation

Client Onboarding Guide

People, evidence, access and controls required to start responsibly.

Open resource

Implementation

AI Implementation Document Organizer

A controlled index for evidence, decisions, access and operating records.

Open resource

Operations & Optimization

Operations & Optimization

120-Day Managed AI Operations Renewal Timeline

An evidence-based renewal or transition process.

Open resource

Quick download

AI Workflow Screening Checklist

A short first-pass checklist for pain, boundaries, data, measurement, risk and ownership.

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