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Realized value

The outcome the organisation actually captures from an AI feature, after accounting for adoption, override, and drift effects — distinct from shipped value, which is the theoretical capacity.

What this means in practice

Realized value is the numerator in AI ROI; realized-to-shipped gap is the principal diagnostic for adoption-and-drift failure modes.

Synonyms

AI-realized value , captured value

See also

  • Shipped value — The outcome an AI feature can theoretically produce if it is adopted and sustained at design intent — the denominator against which realized value is compared.
  • Incremental value — Delivered outcome minus counterfactual outcome — the only value quantity that survives CFO and audit-committee scrutiny.
  • Drift (value drift) — Erosion of delivered value over time due to changes in data, model, user behaviour, or environment — distinct from data drift (input distribution) and concept drift (relationship change) because its surface is the value metric itself.
  • Value realization report (VRR) — A stakeholder-facing artefact pairing KPI tree, counterfactual narrative, and risk-adjusted financial summary.

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