NEOEDGE AIReadiness audit or Decision Sprint? It depends on your question.
An AI readiness audit reviews your data, tools, people and governance and gives you a report and a list of ideas. A Decision Sprint tests one decision on your own cases and gives you a written call. Pick the audit when you don’t yet know where to start. Pick the Sprint when a specific decision is already on your desk.
What does a readiness audit cover?
The two Canadian offers I found review areas such as data, tools, processes, governance, people and security. Both run about one to two weeks and end with a short list of recommended use cases, and one adds a readiness score and a written action plan. The one that publishes a price lists CAD 3,500 to 12,000.
What does a Decision Sprint cover?
One workflow and one decision. In about two weeks, I test the options on your own cases, including routine cases, hard cases and known failures. You get a written decision record with the evidence, the reviewer time each option takes and a named owner. The call is one of build, buy, fix, continue, scale or stop. The fee is fixed, from CAD 15,000.
| Compare | Readiness audit | Decision Sprint |
|---|---|---|
| Question it answers | Where could AI help us? | Should we do this one thing? |
| Scope | The whole firm or a division | One workflow, one decision |
| Method | A review of data, tools and people | Tests on your real cases |
| You leave with | A report and a list of ideas | A written call with a named owner |
| Typical length | One to two weeks | About two weeks |
When is an audit the right buy?
An audit fits when leadership wants a broad view before choosing anything, when you need a baseline of data and governance for the board, or when nobody can yet name a workflow worth testing.
When is a Sprint the right buy?
A Sprint fits when a decision is close and costly to get wrong, such as a vendor contract, a stalled pilot or a slow process someone wants to automate. It answers that one question with evidence from your own work. An audit gives you a list of ideas. A Sprint tells you whether the first one works on your cases, how much checking it needs and who will own it.
Do we need an audit before a Sprint?
No. If you can name the workflow and who owns the decision, you can start with a Sprint. If an audit has already given you a list of ideas, a Sprint can test the top one.
Where I can help
A Decision Sprint tests one AI decision on your real cases in about two weeks. You leave with a written call: build, buy, fix, continue, scale or stop, with the evidence and a named owner. Fixed fee from CAD 15,000.
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Sources
This page compares two kinds of service, and NEOEDGE AI sells one of them. It isn’t legal or regulatory advice.