Five days, and sometimes the answer is don’t.
Five days timing where your week goes, at the desk with a stopwatch, and a fixed price against each thing worth fixing. It costs $1,500. Some maps end with nothing worth building, and that’s a fine result. If you do build, the fee comes off the first build.
The week is priced and paid on its own, so it doesn’t need a build after it to be worth buying. That’s our answer to the fair worry that a company selling builds will recommend builds.
Six things, and what each one gets you.
Digital transformation consulting
The map itself: every recurring job, how long it really takes, how often it happens, and who’s blocked while it does. Timed at the desk, because people overestimate the jobs they hate and underestimate the ones they own.
Business process automation
Which jobs are worth automating, in what order, with a price on each. The map also lists the ones that aren’t worth it, usually more than you’d expect, and the ones you should simply stop doing.
Data analytics and business intelligence
What you can answer today, what you can’t, and what it would take. Often the number you need already sits in two of your systems that have never been connected.
Customer experience consulting
Where your customers wait, taken from your own timestamps. The delay you apologize for is often not the one that loses you the job.
IT strategy and advisory
What to keep, what to replace, and what to leave alone for another two years. That last one is a real recommendation, and a good list usually has it.
Cloud computing solutions
Whether moving to the cloud pays for you, with the running cost worked out both ways. Sometimes the server in the cupboard is fine and the backups are what need the money.
$1,500 for five days, and the map is yours either way.
| The week | $1,500 for five days, fixed, credited in full against the first build |
|---|---|
| Running | $0. There’s nothing to run |
| Us, after | $0, and no obligation. You keep the document, and it names other suppliers where they fit better |
| Not included | Building any of it. That’s quoted separately, item by item, once you know what you want |
We watch, and we time it
At the desk, with a stopwatch, during a normal week. We’re looking for the jobs nobody mentions when asked what they do all day. Those tend to be the expensive ones.
We cost it
Every candidate gets a build price and a yearly saving. The ones where the numbers don’t work are marked “not yet”, with the arithmetic shown so you can argue with it.
You get the map, and an order of work
A document you own, written for whoever approves the spend. It ends with a recommendation, and sometimes that’s to do nothing this year.
What people ask before they start.
What do we have at the end of the week?
What if we shouldn’t automate anything?
You sell builds. Will the map just recommend your builds?
$1,500 seems low for five days. What’s the catch?
Bring us the decision you’re stuck on.
Describe what you’re deciding, the systems involved, and when it has to be settled. We’ll say whether the five days are worth buying, or whether a shorter answer will do.