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AI Investment ROI Model – NPV, IRR, Payback & BCR Calculator is an Excel template (XLSX) with a supplemental PDF user manual, available for immediate download after purchase.

Many AI business cases are returned before a decision is made. The program may have merit, but a single optimistic ROI percentage, based on one scenario and no discounting, does not meet the standard Finance applies when approving capital. This workbook replaces that estimate with a full investment appraisal.

The model is macro-free, has ten tabs, and contains approximately 500 live formulas validated to zero errors. From your program’s own cost and benefit inputs, it calculates:

– Net Present Value (NPV)
– Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
– Payback Period
– Three-year and five-year ROI
– Benefit-to-Cost Ratio (BCR)

A configurable discount rate, a benefit ramp-up curve for adoption lag, annual cost inflation, and change-management and risk contingency buffers are applied before results are produced. The structure is industry- and currency-agnostic and applies to Agentic AI, generative AI, MLOps, and RPA programs of any size.

KEY FEATURES

– Finance-ready metrics: produces the figures CFOs and investment committees use to approve capital, so the case holds up under scrutiny.
– Three scenarios: Conservative, Base, and Aggressive cases, each with seven adjustable levers, replace a single set of assumptions.
– Dynamic recommendation: the ROI Dashboard issues a Strong Buy, Conditional Approve, or Needs Rework result.
– Executive Summary: auto-populates a print-ready one-page case, with no additional formatting required.

WORKBOOK STRUCTURE

1. Program Configuration: sets the evaluation horizon, discount rate, and ramp-up curve, and includes a five-question risk profile. Blue input cells and black formula cells separate data entry from calculation logic throughout the workbook.
2. Cost Model: twenty pre-built line items across four categories.
3. Benefits Model: twenty-two pre-built line items across five categories.
4. ROI Dashboard: consolidates every metric and issues the dynamic recommendation.
5. What-If Scenarios: models Conservative, Base, and Aggressive cases across seven adjustable levers each.
6. Gate Planner: stages the investment through three gates, weighted for the non-linear cost and accuracy risk specific to AI programs, such as model retraining.
7. Sensitivity Analysis: two two-variable data tables. One maps five-year ROI across fifty-four combinations of benefit realization and cost variance. The other maps NPV across forty-nine combinations of discount rate and benefit multiplier.
8. Executive Summary: auto-populates a print-ready one-page business case.

WHO IT IS FOR

Program sponsors, CFOs and finance business partners, and consultants who need to produce or evaluate an AI business case in the language Finance already uses, rather than build one from scratch.

This is a financial appraisal tool. It is not a model-performance evaluation tool for data scientists or ML engineers.

DELIVERY AND COMPATIBILITY

– Excel (.xlsx), no macros or VBA
– Compatible with Excel 2016, 2019, 2021, and Microsoft 365 on Windows and Mac
– Includes a 30-page PDF user manual covering every tab and formula methodology

IMPORTANT NOTES

Results are projections generated from the assumptions entered and do not constitute financial advice. Benefit and discount-rate inputs should be validated with your Finance team.

Published by Viksya. Seller licence terms are included within the document and take precedence over platform defaults.

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