Pillar 1 · Advise & Discover · 1.1
Fast Discovery: four stages, one investment decision
4 to 8 weeks of IAC effort over about 3 months. About 14 days of your team’s time. One decision per initiative, backed by a business case.
The offer at a glance
4 to 8 weeks of IAC effort over about 3 months. About 14 days of your team’s time. Remote-first, on site by agreement.
Assess environment
- Who: executive sponsor, Finance lead, function heads
- Output: agreed scope, success measures, stakeholder map and discovery plan.
Data collection
- Who: function heads, process owners, IT
- Output: current-state assessment, initiative inventory and baseline evidence.
Analyze & prioritize
- Who: function leads
- Output: market-informed opportunity portfolio and prioritized shortlist.
Business case & plan
- Who: executive sponsor and Finance
- Output: selected business cases, phased roadmap and executive readout.
Stop weak ideas on paper, not in production. Build is a separate decision.
In detail
How it works, page by page.
The opportunity radar
Every idea on one page, the obvious priority
Every idea from every function goes on one radar, through the same four stages.
- Customer-facing or internal, everyday or transformational AI.
- Each idea scored on value, evidence, feasibility and risk.
- The hot zone shows where the impact is.
- Up to 5 opportunities get a business case and a place on your roadmap.
What you get
Eight deliverables, three packages, one decision
Three documents, not a stack of slides.
- Assessment Report, your team keeps it: findings, opportunity radar, SWOT analysis.
- Business Case Workbook, finance checks it: options and recommendation, business case summary.
- Executive Decision Readout, leaders read it: executive summary, current vs future operations, implementation plan.
After you sign
Eight weeks of work, four checkpoints, one decision
About 3 months elapsed.
- W1 · Align: scope, owners, success measures.
- W3 · Baseline: facts and gaps validated.
- W5 · Select: shortlist confirmed, cases start.
- W8 · Decide: cases, roadmap, framework reviewed.
Business cases
Built on your baseline, not headlines
A business case you can defend.
- Your baseline: volumes, costs, cycle times.
- Every number traceable. Only the benefit that changes counts.
- Cash savings kept apart from released time.
- The benefit owner agrees every number.
Scope
Discovery decides. Implementation is scoped separately.
The report is yours. No obligation to use IAC engineers. If you go ahead, the same team can deliver.
- Included: assessment across agreed functions, market screening, up to five business-case deep dives, phased roadmap and readout.
- Separate, after your decision: build and deployment, live pilots, detailed architecture, procurement, licenses, support.
Where it sits in the five steps
1.1 Fast Discovery covers steps 1 and 2: Discover and Decide.
STEP 1 · THIS OFFERDiscoverEvery idea on one radar, scored on value, evidence, feasibility and risk.
STEP 2 · THIS OFFERDecideUp to 5 business cases and a phased roadmap. Build is a separate decision.
STEP 3Build
STEP 4Go live
STEP 5Run & improve
Scope
Fast Discovery narrows every idea to one decision
360° screenEvery function, on real workflows
Up to 40 use cases, scoredThe opportunity portfolio
Up to 5 deep divesBusiness cases from your baseline
1 decisionInvest, test, defer or stop
Fixed scope · 4 to 8 weeks of effort over about 3 months · Proven market solutions first. Bespoke build only when justified.
Your decision
Discovery decides. Implementation is scoped separately.
Included in Fast Discovery
- Assessment across agreed functions and workflows
- Targeted market and solution screening
- Up to five business-case deep dives
- Phased roadmap and management readout
- Lightweight governance and operating direction
- High-level integration and adoption direction
Separate scope, after your decision
- Build, configuration or production deployment
- Custom model development or a live pilot
- Detailed architecture or interface specifications
- RFP, procurement or contract negotiation
- Licenses and third-party costs
- Ongoing support or managed services
The report is yours. No obligation to use IAC engineers. If you go ahead, the same team can deliver.
Responsible AI & security
AI you can defend to your board, auditors and regulator
Two controls at every step, from the first idea to the solution in production. NDA first, read-only access, and nothing reaches production without your go or no-go.
See the controls, step by step →
More pages
Related pages, cases and next offers.
One client journey: discovery, center design, then build and run.
Proof
What clients got from this offer, then more results from our clients. Clients anonymized under NDA.
Proof for this offer
CS 01 · 1.1 Fast DiscoveryWe advise you€400–600Ka year of savings identifiedGlobal engineered-textiles manufacturerRead the case →Proof for this offer
CS 09 · 1.1 Fast DiscoveryWe advise you5opportunities in 4–6 weeksGlobal identity and security technology leaderRead the case →
CS 08 · 1.3 Capability academyWe advise you100+certified in under a monthGlobal telecommunications vendorRead the case →
CS 02 · Outcome-basedFor you€1M+a year, over a 3-year programGlobal workspace providerRead the case →
CS 01 · 1.1 Fast DiscoveryWe advise you€400–600Ka year of savings identifiedGlobal engineered-textiles manufacturerRead the case →Proof for this offerCS 09 · 1.1 Fast DiscoveryWe advise you5opportunities in 4–6 weeksGlobal identity and security technology leaderRead the case →CS 08 · 1.3 Capability academyWe advise you100+certified in under a monthGlobal telecommunications vendorRead the case →CS 02 · Outcome-basedFor you€1M+a year, over a 3-year programGlobal workspace providerRead the case →All nine case studies, and the value of all nine on one page →
Also in pillar 1, and what clients add
We advise you. You decide, with facts, before you invest.
Pillar 1 · Advise
1.2 AI Enablement FrameworkProductized
1.3 Capability academyProductized
1.4 Advisory on demandCustom
2.2 Project or dedicated teamCustomFor you
1.2 AI Enablement FrameworkProductizedIf
Many AI initiatives and no common rules, or a new AI center to set up.
You get
One operating framework for the group or one center.
1.3 Capability academyProductizedIf
You want your own team to find and run use cases.
You get
Your people trained and certified on your real cases.
1.4 Advisory on demandCustomIf
You need an expert view on one question, fast.
You get
A written view on a vendor, an architecture, a deal or a board question.
2.2 Project or dedicated teamCustomFor youIf
A use case must go live, and stay live.
You get
A fixed scope, or a team we manage, delivered to agreed milestones.
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