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Scenario SolutionsPublished 2026.05· Updated 2026.08· 71 SI 场景智能研究团队

How to Design an AI Scenario Solution: From Business Problem to a Working System

(Formerly "A Methodology for Designing Scenario Solutions") A good solution is not a pile of features; it starts from a business anchor and stitches AI, data, and systems into one workflow that runs, is measurable, and can be reused.

Key Takeaways
  • Find the business anchor before the tech: an AI project without one will not land, however strong the model.
  • Getting one thing running in a minimum closed loop beats chasing a perfect system.
  • Launch is not the finish line: observe and iterate to deepen the scenario.
71 SI Viewpoint

A solution, at its best, is one business flow that runs, is measurable, and can be reused.

Many AI projects fail not because the model is weak, but because there is no business anchor: unclear for whom, what to solve, how to measure. Starting from "what the tech can do" often yields a clever demo that never lands in the business.

71 SI Viewpoint

Core view: do not start from the model; start from the business problem. Define "what job to get done" first, then decide which intelligence, data, and systems are needed.

Which scenarios are worth AI-izing?

Not every scenario should get AI. 71 SI screens scenarios with a simple three-axis score: business value × feasibility × measurability. Only when all three are high is it worth prioritizing.

AxisQuestion to answerHow to judge
Business valueIs it worth doing? High volume, high cost, key impact?Higher means higher priority
FeasibilityAre data and rules clear enough? Can it run?Clearer means do it sooner
MeasurabilityCan the result be quantified and reviewed?Only measurable things can iterate
  • Do first: high on all three—value, feasibility, measurability. High volume, clear rules, quantifiable results: invest now.
  • Can validate: high on two. Run a small-step minimum loop to confirm it works and can be measured, then commit resources.
  • Hold for now: low value or low feasibility. Do not start yet; revisit when data, rules, or the business mature.

Six steps to design a runnable flow

  1. 1
    ① Find the business anchor
    For whom, what to solve, why now; start from the business problem, not from what the tech can do.
  2. 2
    ② Define outcome metrics
    Use at least one of efficiency, cost, service, growth to define a measurable result so spend can be reviewed.
  3. 3
    ③ Break down tasks and process
    Decompose the goal into executable tasks; draw the boundaries of people, systems, and intelligence.
  4. 4
    ④ Organize scenario context
    Connect data, systems, and rules so intelligence can read and understand your business.
  5. 5
    ⑤ Build the minimum business loop
    First truly finish one thing in one step, end-to-end, then expand along the process.
  6. 6
    ⑥ Launch, observe, iterate
    After launch, watch coverage, productivity, cost, and service outcomes; iterate to go deeper.

Example: a minimum closed loop for a customer-service scenario

Example: a retailer first let intelligence run in just "ticket auto-classification + first-response", connecting orders and the knowledge base as scenario context; manual handling dropped about 30% within two weeks (illustrative: example figures, method demo only). After that it expanded to the full after-sales flow.

Launch is not the finish line; getting it to run is only the start. Real competitiveness comes from deepening the scenario again and again.

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