AIML-developed AI Roadmap Generator makes it easier for companies to embark on their AI journey

This week, AIML officially launched an exciting new product designed to assist and support businesses across Australia with incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into their operations.

The tool is called the AI Roadmap Generator, another innovative and practical tool developed by AIML engineers as part of the Industrial AI program, an AIML initiative funded by the South Australian government to develop core capability in industrial AI in South Australia and across the nation.  The Roadmap Generator’s goal is to help companies “cut costs, trim operational spend, boost customer satisfaction, and accelerate product expansion” using AI.

“The tool is a business analysis assistant that uses inputs provided by the user about their business to create a structured, strategic AI roadmap for them,” said AIML Engineering Manager, Jonathon Read, who is one of the developers of the Roadmap Generator. “It uses a discovery framework to assess an organisation’s goals, challenges, and data readiness, and then generates a report to help the business get started with AI.”

Read and fellow AIML Engineer Richard Pinter developed the tool after Read conducted several meetings with companies eager to adopt AI but unsure of the best way to proceed.

“I realised I was spending a lot of time meeting with companies that were still very early in their AI journey,” said Read. “Many conversations didn’t yet have a concrete project to scope.”

“So, I explored how language models could help us reach more businesses and give them something tangible: a professional roadmap report they could review, validate, and iterate on.”

“I took Jon’s prototype and added rigour so it could operate as a product: clearer prompt templates, quality checks, and basic guardrails,” said Pinter. “The tool helps organisations think through AI needs and surface concrete, practical ideas. It produces a draft AI roadmap [that is] useful as a starting point rather than a single source of truth.”

The tool works by analysing generalised company data, similar to what you’d see on an organisations’ About Us page, to generate a report using AIML's proprietary AI analysis framework. The report is comprised of two elements: a Discovery Stage that provides an AI analysis of the customer’s business context using AIML’s 8-lens discovery framework; and a Report Stage where a structured report is generated based on Discovery findings and best practices.

“The outputs include tailored AI initiative recommendations, business impact analysis, phased timelines, compliance guidance, and curated educational resources,” said Read. “In doing so, the tool accelerates the process of looking for ways to get started by providing organisations with a personalised suggestion of ideas for exploring AI opportunities.”

8 October launch with Michael Brown, MP

Michael Brown MP, South Australia Assistant Minister for AI, Digital Economy, Defence, and Space Industries, visited the AIML building on 8 October to officially launch the Roadmap Generator.

“It’s a pleasure to be here at one of the world’s leading AI research institutes,” said Minister Brown during the launch. “This tool marks a real turning point for South Australian small businesses in particular. “

“We know that AI technology is changing the world, changing the way that we work and play in our daily lives. But AI can also deliver a lot for South Australian small businesses... and this Roadmap Generator will allow them to get the same sort of advice that large corporations have had in the past.”

“AIML has worked very hard to help South Australian small and medium enterprises… to assist them in developing AI tools and AI services and [they’re] doing an excellent job,” he said. 

The roadmap launch was also attended by AIML engineers Aaron Poruthoor and Samuel Hodge who played an instrumental role in supporting local company, Digital Constructors, with incorporating AI into its operations. They were joined by Digital Constructors' CEO, Andrew Hannell. 

Hodge summed up the nature of the services that AIML engineers and AI in general can provide to industries and workers across Australia.

“By using existing technologies – which we use daily – and then putting it into practice for a business case where you can get more out of the existing labour,” AI as a tool can provide tremendous benefit to businesses.

“And it doesn't mean people are out of work,” Hodge continued. “It means that the labour goes further and we're able to get more done, which leads to savings for people and…more productivity.”

As one of the developers of the Roadmap Generator tool, Read hopes that the public will embody the same spirit of trial and innovation that AIML engineers did when developing the Roadmap Generator.

“Use [the roadmap too] to generate ideas, then iterate,” he said. “Don’t be put off if the first draft or direction isn’t quite right. Take the AI Roadmap report, keep refining it with ChatGPT or Claude, explore alternate paths, and don’t hesitate to start fresh when needed.”

“Finding limitations is an opportunity to learn.”

For more information on the AI Roadmap Generator, please visit https://ai-roadmap.aiml.shop/

Click to see Channel 10 network news coverage of the launch of the AI Roadmap Generator