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System Readiness Review

Clarity Before Automation or AI

A short, paid diagnostic to determine whether your processes are ready for automation or AI — or whether fixing them first will save you time and money.

Most companies jump into automation or AI too early. This review exists to stop that from happening. No tools. No architecture. No promises of results. Just a clear assessment of where you actually stand.

This Is a Diagnostic, Not a Pitch

The Process & Automation Readiness Review answers one question:

"Are we even in a position to automate or use AI responsibly?"

It's designed for situations where:

  • Processes feel unclear or fragile
  • Automation sounds appealing but risky
  • AI has been discussed but not grounded
  • Nobody wants to make an expensive mistake

This is not a strategy workshop. It's not implementation planning. It's not a disguised sales call.

Sometimes the right outcome is: don't automate yet. That's a success, not a failure.

What Happens During the System Readiness Review

During this review, we focus on reality — not assumptions. We work with a small number of people who actually do the work to understand:

Your real business goals and constraints
1–3 critical workflows (sales, ops, support, delivery, finance)
How work actually moves today
Where decisions, handoffs, and delays occur
Which tools and data sources are involved
Where automation or AI would help — and where it would be premature

We deliberately avoid:

×Tool comparisons
×AI ideation
×Architecture diagrams
×"Future vision" exercises

This keeps the review short, grounded, and useful.

Clear Answers, Not More Questions

At the end of the review, you receive a concise diagnostic covering:

A list of key processes reviewed
A process maturity assessment (clear / unclear / broken)
A high-level system and tooling map
Identified pain points and obvious risks

A direct recommendation:

  • fix the process first
  • automate without AI
  • introduce AI carefully
  • or pause entirely

No roadmap yet. No build proposal. No pressure to continue. Just clarity.

Intentionally Limited — By Design

This review is intentionally scoped to stay fast, affordable, and useful.

Included

  • 2–4 stakeholder interviews
  • 1–3 core processes
  • Process and system mapping
  • Readiness assessment

Explicitly not included

  • ×Deep risk or compliance analysis
  • ×AI or automation architecture
  • ×Tool selection
  • ×Implementation planning

If deeper work is justified, we'll say so — and explain why. If it isn't, we'll say that too.

Who Usually Starts Here

This review is a good fit if:

You feel something is off but can't yet define it
You've discussed automation or AI internally but hesitate to commit
You want to avoid scaling the wrong thing
You prefer restraint over speed

It's probably not a fit if:

×You just want tool recommendations
×You're looking for guarantees
×You've already decided what to build and want validation

Both are valid positions — this page is for the first group.

What Comes Next (Only If It Makes Sense)

After the review, there are three common outcomes:

1.Stop and fix the process first
2.Proceed directly to automation or build work
3.Continue with a Full System Audit

There is no automatic upsell. The Full System Audit is only suggested when risk, scale, or complexity justify it.

You remain in control of the decision.

What does the Full System Audit involve?

Start With Clarity

If you're unsure whether automation or AI is the right next move — this is where we start. A short, paid diagnostic. Clear scope. Clear outcome.