As enterprises explore the potential of quantum computing, they need a clear way to identify where this emerging technology can deliver real business value. Not every problem requires a quantum solution, and distinguishing truly quantum-worthy opportunities from those better addressed by classical or hybrid approaches is essential for effective investment and adoption.
Wipro’s Quantum Use Case Qualification Framework provides a structured, data-driven methodology to meet this need. It helps enterprises systematically evaluate, score, and prioritize potential quantum use cases, ensuring that quantum initiatives are both impactful and feasible.
Purpose and Value
The framework is designed to answer a fundamental question: “Is this use case a good candidate for quantum computing?” It does so by breaking down the evaluation into four major criteria, each with detailed sub-criteria and scoring guidelines:
1. Problem Complexity & Classical Limitation:
- Assesses whether the problem is computationally hard (e.g., combinatorial optimization, many-body simulation, high-dimensional machine learning).
- Evaluates if classical solutions degrade in quality or performance as scale increases, and whether resource requirements become impractical.
2. Quantum-Gap & Advantage Potential:
- Examines alignment with quantum-relevant archetypes (simulation, optimization, quantum-enhanced ML).
- Scores the expected quantum benefit (speed, quality, capacity), scalability of advantage, and the realistic timeline for quantum impact.
3. Business / Strategic Value:
- Measures the business impact if quantum benefits are realized, the relevance and scope within the organization, potential for reuse, and urgency.
4. Data & Technical Feasibility:
- Checks for data availability and quality, the ability to formalize the problem mathematically, feasibility of building classical and quantum prototypes, and the maturity of quantum algorithms for the problem class.
