You are being asked AI questions you cannot yet answer.
Board agenda items. Vendor pitches. Customer expectations. Competitors claiming wins you cannot verify. The pressure is real and it is constant.
Two-week fixed-scope assessment
Honest answer to “are we behind on AI?”
A calm, fixed-scope diagnostic for Australian businesses being pushed into AI decisions before they are ready. We answer the question with phases, cost ranges, and a defensible “wait” list.
Either you commit to something expensive, or you stall and look like you are falling behind.
Both options burn budget and credibility. The third option (an honest, time-boxed assessment) costs less than one quarter of either.
Two weeks of senior architect time, fixed fee, written answer.
The deliverable is honest. We will tell you what to do, what to wait on, and what not to do at all. You can take it to another partner if you want to.
The shape of the work
Two weeks. Three phases. One written answer.
No discovery deck theatre. No 200-slide PDF nobody reads. A short, defensible document your board can act on.
- Week 1
What you actually run today
We map the systems, integrations, identity layer and data flows that already work. We name the constraints that AI has to live within (not the other way around).
- Week 1 to 2
Where AI creates real leverage
We name the workflows where AI augments a real person doing real work, and the workflows where it would just look impressive in a deck. We are explicit about the second list.
- Week 2
The honest plan
A phased roadmap with cost ranges, vendor liquidity preserved, and a clear list of what to do now, what to do next quarter, and what to wait on.
What you get
Five concrete deliverables.
All five are useful even if you decide not to proceed with us. That is by design.
Current-state architecture sketch
Where AI can plug in cleanly, where it would create more risk than value.
Workflow leverage list
Three to five places where AI moves the needle for your business specifically. Not industry trends, your business.
Vendor liquidity assessment
If you go ahead, what keeps you from being captured by one model, one cloud, or one platform vendor.
Phased delivery plan
Time-boxed phases. Honest budget ranges. A defensible answer to 'how much, how long, what for'.
Honest 'wait' list
The AI moves we recommend you do not make yet, and why. This is the most credible part of the deliverable.
Common questions
What buyers usually want to know first.
Is this a sales call dressed up as an assessment?
No. It is fixed-scope and fixed-fee. You can take the deliverables to another implementation partner if you want to, and we tell you that up front.
How much does it cost?
We share a fixed quote before you commit. The shape is two weeks of senior architect time plus a written deliverable. The exact number depends on how complex your estate is and we are explicit about that on the call.
What if the answer is that we should not do AI right now?
That is a legitimate outcome and we will say so. About one in five assessments end with us recommending the customer wait six to twelve months. The deliverable is still useful because it tells you what to revisit and when.
Do you need access to our source code or production systems?
No. The assessment is read-only and works from documentation, architecture diagrams, and conversations with your team. If we go on to deliver the work, that conversation is separate.
Two ways in
Pick the lower-commitment one if you are not ready.
A 15-minute architecture sanity check is free and obligation-free. If after that we both think a full assessment is the right next step, we will say so.