Enterprise Intelligence Assessment
Two to four weeks with your leadership team. An opportunity map, an architecture blueprint and a value case across the whole enterprise.
Best for: Deciding where AI should create value first
Enterprise Intelligence Assessment
Know where AI will pay off, before you invest.
A two-to-four-week assessment led by an Akin architect with your leadership team. You leave with an opportunity map, an architecture blueprint and a value case.
What you receive
Three outputs your leadership team can act on
Each one is yours to keep, whether or not you continue with Akin.
Opportunity map
Your AI and automation opportunities, ranked by business value and feasibility, so you know where to start and what to leave for later.
Architecture blueprint
The target architecture across data, systems, agents and governance, and how it connects to the platforms you run today.
Value case
Expected benefits, costs and time to value for the top opportunities, with the measures we will track from the first pilot.
What we assess
Eight dimensions, one view of your readiness
- Business readiness
- Priorities, value pools and operating model
- Data readiness
- Quality, silos, access and governance
- Technology readiness
- Architecture, applications, integration and cloud
- AI readiness
- Use cases, models, agents and MLOps
- Operational readiness
- Processes, automation and workforce
- Governance
- Security, risk, compliance and human oversight
- Talent
- Skills, operating model and readiness for change
- Value
- Benefits, costs and time to value
How it works
Four steps, two to four weeks
The exact timeline depends on scope, and we agree it with you at kick-off.
Week 1
Step 1: Discover
Kick-off with your executive sponsor, stakeholder interviews across business and technology, and a review of your current architecture.
Week 2
Step 2: Diagnose
We assess the eight dimensions, map data and system dependencies, and score each opportunity for value and feasibility.
Week 3
Step 3: Design
We shape the target architecture for the leading opportunities and model the value, cost and timeline for each.
Weeks 3–4
Step 4: Decide
An executive readout of the opportunity map, blueprint and value case. You decide which opportunity, if any, moves to a pilot.
What we need from you
A focused commitment from your leadership
The assessment works because the people who will decide are in the room from the start.
- An executive sponsor who owns the outcome
- Time with leaders across business, operations and technology
- Context on your current architecture, processes and data landscape
- A decision-maker at the final readout
Three ways to start
Choose the first step that fits your situation
Each one ends with outputs your team keeps and a clear decision about what comes next.
Architecture workshop
A focused working session with your technology leaders on one architecture question: where AI fits, what to integrate and how to govern it.
Best for: A specific architecture decision you need to make now
Transformation blueprint
A detailed target architecture, roadmap and value case for one priority area, ready to move into a pilot.
Best for: An opportunity you have already chosen
After the assessment
A clear path from blueprint to production
If you choose to continue, the assessment becomes the first stage of VELOCITY™, our delivery journey from pilot to production, with a decision gate at every stage.
Start with the problem, not the technology.
Tell us where you want to create value. An Akin architect will respond within one business day to scope your assessment.