AI Opportunity Audit
Clarity, before commitment.
Most businesses don't have an AI problem — they have a prioritisation problem. There are dozens of things you could automate, and no clear way to tell which ones are worth the money. The Audit is a short, structured engagement that replaces that guesswork with a ranked, evidence-based plan.
Choose this when you need a map before you spend.
The Audit is the right entry point if AI is on your agenda but you're not yet ready to commit budget to a build. It's deliberately low-risk — a way to find out what's real before anything bigger is on the table.
A strong fit if
- You sense automation could help but can't name the highest-value use case
- You've had vendors pitch you tools and want a second opinion
- You need an internal business case to take to leadership or a board
- A previous AI pilot stalled and you want to understand why
Probably not yet if
- You already know exactly what to build — go straight to a Sprint
- You need a system live in the next two weeks
- The problem is strategy or product, not operations
The process, step by step.
Two weeks, four stages. Light on your time, heavy on our analysis — you'll be involved at the start and the end, and largely left alone in the middle.
Discovery & framing
Days 1–2 · 1 workshopWe run a focused session with you and the relevant team leads to understand how your business actually runs — where time goes, where errors creep in, and where the friction lives. We agree on what "high impact" means for you specifically: revenue, cost, capacity, or risk.
Workflow mapping
Days 3–6 · Mostly our timeWe document the workflows that matter as they really are — not the org-chart version. Each one is broken into steps, with volume, time cost, and pain points attached. This is where hidden opportunities (and hidden complexity) surface.
Opportunity scoring
Days 7–9 · Our analysisEvery candidate opportunity is scored on impact, feasibility, and cost to build. We pressure-test each one against your data, tools, and team — discarding the ones that sound good but won't pay back, and ranking what's left.
Roadmap & readout
Day 10 · 1 readout sessionWe present the findings in a working session — a ranked roadmap with a clear recommended first move, estimated effort and return for each item, and a plain-English explanation of the reasoning. You leave able to make the next decision yourself.
Concrete deliverables.
Workflow map
A visual map of your core operational workflows, annotated with time cost, volume, and friction points.
Ranked opportunity register
Every viable AI/automation opportunity, scored on impact, feasibility, and cost — sorted so the priorities are obvious.
Phased roadmap
A sequenced plan showing what to do first, next, and later, with effort and expected return for each phase.
Readout & Q&A
A live walkthrough of the findings with your team, plus the recording and slides for anyone who couldn't attend.
How this changes things.
A vague sense that "we should be doing something with AI."
A ranked, costed list of specific moves and a clear first step.
Vendor pitches you can't objectively compare.
A neutral benchmark to judge every proposal against.
Budget at risk on the wrong first project.
Confidence that your first build is the highest-return one.
- De-risked spend — you commit budget only to opportunities that have been pressure-tested.
- Internal alignment — leadership and operations work from one shared, evidence-based plan.
- Faster decisions — the "what should we do first" debate is settled in two weeks, not two quarters.
Not sure if the Audit is the right start?
Tell us a little about your business and we'll point you to the right tier — even if it isn't this one.