Not every engagement should start with an assessment. If the plan already exists and the constraint is capacity, say so — we can skip straight to the work.
“We have ideas, but we don’t know which are real.”
A defined engagement that ends in a decision you own — scored use cases, an honest read on whether your data can carry them, and a sequenced roadmap. If the answer is that you should not proceed, that is a successful outcome.
Fixed fee · 2–3 weeks
“We know what we need built. We need someone to build it.”
Scoped, priced, and delivered against agreed milestones — a governance framework, a data foundations rebuild, a production AI system, a documentation pipeline. You know the cost before it starts and what changes if the scope moves.
Fixed fee, per milestone
“The project is already underway and we are short senior capacity.”
I join an in-flight team as senior capacity — in your standups, your repos, your review process. No discovery phase, no assessment you did not ask for. Useful when the plan exists and the constraint is hands, or when a specialist gap has stalled a workstream.
Weekly or monthly · 3-month minimum
“We need someone accountable for AI, not another advisor.”
A named owner for the recurring decisions: which initiatives proceed, which vendors are selected, whether a system is ready to launch, and whether the governance posture would survive a customer’s due diligence.
Monthly retainer · 3–6 month minimum
Describe the situation and I will tell you honestly which shape makes sense — including if the answer is that you do not need me yet.
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