General AI Development
AI Strategy & Advisory
Decide where AI belongs in your organization, what to build first and what to leave alone, before you spend on software.
The challenge
Why this matters
Every department has an AI idea. Few have a way to compare them, and the loudest idea is rarely the one that pays off.
What it is
AI Strategy & Advisory in plain words
An advisory engagement turns a pile of ideas into a short, ranked plan. We interview the people who do the work, look at the data you hold, and score each idea on value, effort and risk.
You receive a written roadmap that your leadership can fund in stages, along with a plain account of what we would not recommend and why.
Benefits
What you get
Ideas ranked on evidence
Each candidate is scored on value, effort, data fit and risk.
Plain-language reporting
Written for executives and board members, not only for engineers.
Staged funding
A plan broken into steps that can each be approved on its own.
Honest "not yet" answers
We tell you when a simpler tool or a process change is the better fix.
How it works
From first call to first result
Listen
Interview staff, review workflows and list candidate ideas.
Appraise
Check data, systems and policies against each idea.
Rank
Score the ideas and sketch the first two or three projects.
Present
Walk your team through a written roadmap and answer questions.
Details
What is included
Discovery
- Stakeholder interviews
- Workflow mapping
- Data and systems inventory
Analysis
- Value and effort scoring
- Risk and policy review
- Build, buy or blend comparison
Deliverables
- Ranked project list
- Staged roadmap
- Executive briefing
Illustrative scenario
A county agency lists nine AI ideas. After an advisory engagement it funds two, a records search tool and an inbox sorter, and parks the rest until its data is in better shape.
A plan you can take anywhere
The roadmap belongs to you. Ask us to build it, hand it to your own team or share it with another vendor.
Questions
Common questions
Do we need a technical team to start?
No. We ask for a business owner and access to the people who run the process.
What if AI is not the right answer?
We say so in the report and point to the simpler option.
Can this lead into a build?
Yes. See Custom AI Applications and Ways to Work With Us.
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Works well with
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