Communicating AI adoption effectively is now a critical skill for engineering and product leaders. Whether piloting an AI code review tool, rolling it out to the full organisation, or building the business case for AI investment, each phase requires specific professional vocabulary. This exercise covers the collocations used in AI adoption planning, change management, and leadership communication.
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The engineering team decided to ___ an AI code review assistant with a small group of volunteers before a wider rollout.
Pilot the tooling is the standard technology adoption collocation — new tools are 'piloted' as controlled experiments before broad deployment. 'Trial' is also correct and widely used; 'test' focuses on quality assurance; 'try' is informal. 'Pilot' implies a structured evaluation with defined success criteria and a feedback loop.
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After a successful pilot, the platform team began to ___ the AI pair programming tool across all engineering squads.
Roll out the tool is the standard technology adoption collocation — tools are 'rolled out' in a phased, controlled manner to manage change and risk. 'Deploy' is more technical and implies infrastructure; 'release' implies a version milestone; 'spread' is informal. 'Roll out' is the preferred term for the organisational change management aspect of AI tool adoption.
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The team used a structured framework to ___ the AI tooling against productivity and code quality metrics.
Evaluate the tooling is the precise adoption phase collocation — tools are 'evaluated' against defined success criteria post-pilot. 'Assess' is also correct; 'measure' refers to a specific metric; 'test' implies quality assurance. 'Evaluate' captures the holistic judgement of whether the tool delivers sufficient value to justify broad adoption.
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The CTO's goal was to ___ AI into every stage of the software development lifecycle within twelve months.
Embed AI tooling is the strategic AI adoption collocation — 'embedding' means making AI an inseparable part of existing workflows. 'Integrate' is also correct and widely used; 'include' and 'add' suggest superficial adoption. 'Embed' implies that AI becomes a default, invisible part of how work is done rather than an optional add-on.
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The DevRel manager was asked to ___ the business case for AI tooling investment to the engineering leadership team.
Build the business case is the standard internal adoption collocation — advocates 'build' business cases by assembling productivity data, cost savings, and risk analysis. 'Present' is what you do after building; 'make' and 'communicate' are informal. 'Build the business case' is the standard phrase in technology adoption and budget justification discussions.