01 · AI Strategy
AI Strategy & Roadmap
Most AI initiatives stall because nobody separated the use cases that pay for themselves from the ones that demo well. We start with evidence, not enthusiasm.
Scope
AI readiness & maturity assessment
Scored assessment across data, technology, people and governance, with a gap plan.
Fixed price · 2–3 weeks
Use-case discovery & prioritisation
Workshop-driven backlog scored on value, effort and risk, sequenced into a roadmap.
Fixed price
AI strategy
Where AI creates margin for you, what to build versus buy, and the budget and team shape it requires.
Strategy engagement
AI roadmap
A 12–24 month sequenced plan with named owners, dependencies, decision gates and the point at which each initiative is judged.
Fixed price
Business case & ROI model
Cost to run at your volumes, quantified return, payback period, and a sensitivity analysis showing what has to hold for the case to survive.
Fixed price · 2 weeks
Build vs buy & model selection
Decision memo backed by benchmark evidence and a running-cost model.
Fixed price
EU AI Act readiness & governance
Risk classification, obligations map, documentation set and internal policy.
Fixed price
Data strategy for AI
What data is needed, how to collect, label and govern it, and the quality gates that hold.
Project
Fractional CAIO
A Chief AI Officer on retainer: architecture decisions, vendor selection, hiring input and roadmap ownership, without the executive hire.
Monthly retainer
Second-opinion review
An independent technical read on a vendor's AI quote or architecture before you sign.
Fixed price
Fixed-scope entry point
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2–3 weeks
AI Readiness & Opportunity Assessment
A scored view of where you actually stand across data, technology, people and governance - and the shortest path to the first result worth having.
2 weeks
AI Business Case & ROI Model
What the initiative costs to run at your volumes, what it returns, when it pays back, and what would have to be true for that to hold.
Monthly
Fractional CAIO
A Chief AI Officer on retainer. Architecture decisions, vendor selection, hiring input and roadmap ownership, without the executive hire.
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