The single most damaging piece of misinformation in enterprise AI is the promise of rapid return. Drawing on 52 enterprise AI deployments, this article presents a phase-by-phase ROI model accounting for hidden costs of integration, change management, and data remediation. The AI ROI J-Curve framework matches observed production data and provides use-case-specific timeline benchmarks enabling CFOs to set defensible board expectations.
Oleh Ivchenko (Tue,) studied this question.