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Phase 1 — 2–4 Weeks

Find out what’s actually ready to automate — before you spend on a build.

Clients often don’t know which manual processes are good candidates for automation, or whether the data behind them is structured enough for a language model to read reliably. This diagnostic answers both questions in writing, with a prioritized roadmap you can act on.

What You Get

A written roadmap, not a slide deck pitch.

Over 2 to 4 weeks, we map your manual workflows end to end, audit the data those workflows depend on, and quantify what automating specific bottlenecks would actually be worth. You walk away with a document, not a proposal.

2–4 Weeksfixed scope · delivered in writing
  • Workflow map of your current manual processes
  • Data-readiness assessment for AI/LLM use
  • ROI estimate for automating specific bottlenecks
  • Prioritized, ranked automation roadmap
  • Yours to keep, whether or not you build with us

What We Actually Do

Four things, in order.

01

Workflow Mapping

We document how a process actually runs today — who touches it, where it slows down, and where it’s a reasonable candidate for automation versus something that needs to stay manual.

02

Data-Readiness Audit

We check whether the data behind that process is structured, current, and unified enough for a language model to read and act on — or whether it’s scattered across siloed, legacy systems first.

03

ROI Calculation

For each bottleneck we identify, we estimate what automating it is actually worth in time or cost — so the roadmap is ranked by return, not by what sounds impressive.

04

Prioritized Roadmap

A written, ranked plan for what to automate first, what to fix before automating, and what isn’t worth touching yet — the exact scope needed to plan an implementation accurately.

Timeline

A 2–4 week engagement, not an open-ended discovery phase.

01

Workflow & Stakeholder Mapping

We walk through the manual processes in scope with the people who run them day to day.

02

Data-Readiness Assessment

We review the systems and records behind those workflows for structure, duplication, and gaps.

03

ROI Modeling & Prioritization

We rank candidate automations by expected return against effort and data readiness.

04

Roadmap Delivery & Walkthrough

We present the written roadmap and walk through what we’d recommend building first.

Why this isn’t a quick call. Discovery work has real value, and treating it as a casual conversation encourages rushed, shallow findings. This diagnostic is scoped like a real engagement because it is one — and the roadmap it produces is yours to use whether or not you hire us to build anything.

Frequently asked questions

Answers to common diagnostic questions

What do I get if I don’t move forward with implementation?

You keep the workflow map, the data-readiness assessment, and the prioritized roadmap regardless. They’re yours to use, whether that’s with us or another partner.

What if the audit finds our data isn’t ready for AI?

That’s a valid outcome, not a failure. The roadmap will say so directly and lay out what needs to happen first — consolidating siloed systems, cleaning specific fields, or fixing a data pipeline — before an automation project would be worth funding.

How is this different from a free consultation?

A free consultation is a conversation. This is a structured, multi-week engagement that produces a written workflow map, a data-readiness assessment, and a prioritized roadmap with ROI estimates — a deliverable you own, not a sales pitch.

Do you specialize in Master Data Management?

Yes. The data-readiness portion of the diagnostic draws directly on Master Data Management and enterprise systems experience — identifying siloed, duplicated, or unstructured data before it becomes the reason an AI workflow produces unreliable output.