# VAL-004: Measure productivity and business-value signals


- Area: AI Usage, Spend & Value

- Verification: Proof of value
- OWASP adoption tier: Tier-independent

- URL: /r/VAL-004

**Acceptance criteria:** Identify time saved, throughput, completion and quality indicators with stated assumptions.

**Why it matters:** Risk without value is a brake. Value without risk is a blind spot.

**How to verify:** Value indicators for pilot functions, shown with their assumptions.

**OWASP adoption context:** Productivity and value evidence can be assessed across adoption tiers; the workflow, baseline and assumptions determine meaningful comparisons.

**Mappings:**
- NIST AI RMF: MAP 3.1, MEASURE 4.3 — Time saved, throughput and quality indicators with stated assumptions inform benefit assessment and context-relevant AI performance evaluation against chosen responsible-use objectives. Their meaning and validity need evaluation; reporting business-value metrics alone establishes neither realized benefit nor security effectiveness.