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Corporate legal departments that have moved beyond pilot projects to enterprise-scale AI Contract Management deployments consistently discover that technology capabilities alone do not determine success. The difference between AI systems that deliver transformative efficiency gains and those that become underutilized shelf-ware lies in how legal teams approach governance, data quality, system integration, user adoption, and performance measurement. Firms like BakerHostetler and Linklaters that have achieved substantial ROI from contract AI investments share common implementation patterns—proven practices that address both the technical and organizational dimensions of deploying AI across the contract lifecycle. For legal departments with established AI Contract Management initiatives, the challenge shifts from proving the technology works to maximizing its impact across diverse contract types, practice areas, and user groups. This requires moving beyond vendor-provided default configu...