Decide
Readiness & business case
Is this specific investment justified? An independent assessment before you commit capital.
What it is
An independent assessment of two things: whether you're ready to succeed, and whether the investment is worth making. Combines a readiness review (data, security, governance, skills, change-readiness) with a disciplined business case.
When you need it
Before you commit capital to a major AI, applications, or data initiative, when you need confidence the foundations are in place and the numbers stand up on their own. Or after commitment, when the assumptions behind the case are being questioned and no one has checked whether they still hold.
What you get
- A clear go / no-go recommendation
- A defensible business case with ROI and priorities
- An honest read on the gaps to close first
Engagements are scoped and quoted at a fixed fee before any work begins.
Related work and reading
All evidence →Case study
Everyone could see the lead data was a mess. The harder question was what to do about it.
Insurance firm
Case study
The support platform had run for more than 15 years. Before replacing it, the client needed to know everything it did.
Industrial equipment manufacturer
Article
Independence · Industry
When the seller becomes the advisor
Three 2026 announcements — Microsoft's FY27 incentive rewrite, Microsoft Frontier Company, and Anthropic's and OpenAI's new consulting arms — and what they reveal about who's really advising you.
Article
Independence · Advisory
Why most technology investments quietly underdeliver
70% of digital transformation initiatives fail to meet their objectives. The structural reason it persists — who builds the business case, and what they have riding on the answer.
Get an honest read before you commit.
No obligation: an honest read before anything is scoped.