ROI & value is the layer that turns telemetry into the kind of numbers a CFO will sign off on. Per-agent, per-project, risk-adjusted, with payback and NPV — and confidence ranges instead of single-point estimates.Documentation Index
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What’s inside
Value Outcome Units
Group agents by business outcome to translate technical metrics into board-level language.
Financial ROI
Per-agent and per-project ROI: monthly savings, payback, annual ROI %, 5-year NPV.
Compliance ROI
Quantify audit-labour savings and risk reduction from governance automation.
Sensitivity analysis
Monte Carlo simulations across ROI inputs — present a range, not a guess.
Why this exists
LLM ops dashboards report cost and latency. They don’t answer the question executives actually ask: is this AI investment worth it? Observatory’s ROI module exists because:- Per-call cost is meaningless without a baseline (“what would humans cost?”)
- A favourable point estimate hides the downside — what if adoption is half what we expected?
- Compliance work has a real cost that needs to live in the same calculation
- “We saved time” is rejected by finance unless it ties to a Value Outcome Unit with revenue or cost attached
The ROI calculation
Each agent has a baseline — what manual effort it replaces (hours, rate, volume). Observatory combines the baseline with actual telemetry-derived cost to compute net contribution. Compliance risk modifies the contribution. The numbers roll up through Value Outcome Units to per-project ROI.Where to start
| Maturity | Start with |
|---|---|
| You have agents but no baselines | Financial ROI — configure baselines per agent. |
| You have multiple agents per outcome | Value Outcome Units — group them. |
| You’re presenting to executives | Sensitivity analysis — show the range. |
| You’re including governance in the case | Compliance ROI — add audit savings. |
Related resources
AI Registry
The inventory layer ROI rolls up against.
Analytics
Cost telemetry the ROI numbers consume.