Assessment Investment Index

One executive number. Six transparent components.

AII condenses financial, psychometric, technical, organizational, strategic, and risk evidence into a single 0–100 score — with every input visible and every weight defensible.

01 · What it answers

Should we invest in building this proprietary assessment?

AII is decision support, not the decision. It surfaces where the case is strong, where it is weak, and how strategy or scope changes would shift the score.

02 · Components

Six weighted signals aggregate into the composite.

ComponentWeightWhat it captures
Financial viability30%ROI horizon and break-even against forecast volume.
Psychometric readiness15%Coverage of pilot, calibration, and norming activities.
Technical feasibility15%Delivery mode maturity and platform investment.
Organizational capability10%Staffing tier and delivery strategy fit.
Strategic value20%Reach, item bank scale, and language coverage.
Risk profile10%Higher score = lower risk exposure.
03 · Bands

How to read the composite.

80+
Invest

Strong evidence to proceed.

60+
Conditional

Proceed with mitigation on weak components.

40+
Reassess

Reshape scope or strategy before committing.

0+
Do not invest

Redirect budget to a stronger opportunity.

04 · Worked example

Default estimator inputs produce this AII.

A single-language mid-sized certification, CBT delivery, in-house build, 5,000 candidates/year at $75, over a 5-year horizon.

Composite
68
Conditional

Proceed with mitigation on weak components.

Adjust inputs in the estimator →
Components
  • Financial viability77 · 30% weight

    ROI horizon and break-even against forecast volume.

  • Psychometric readiness91 · 15% weight

    Coverage of pilot, calibration, and norming activities.

  • Technical feasibility69 · 15% weight

    Delivery mode maturity and platform investment.

  • Organizational capability54 · 10% weight

    Staffing tier and delivery strategy fit.

  • Strategic value30 · 20% weight

    Reach, item bank scale, and language coverage.

  • Risk profile85 · 10% weight

    Higher score = lower risk exposure.

05 · Governance

AII does not sign the cheque.

The Assessment Investment Index is a structured framing device for investment committees. It reduces disagreement about what matters (the six components and their weights) so debate can focus on how each signal was scored. Every score in AES is derived from inputs the user controls — no black box, no learned weights, no hidden model.