About · Method
How Ballast-AI engagements run
Assessment → pilot → enablement → optional retainer. Artifacts you can audit. Criteria you can kill.
01
Intake
One metric hypothesis, systems list, risk flags (PHI, OT, procurement). Confidential by default; NDA on request.
02
Assessment (2–4 weeks)
Workflow map, baseline plan, risk/control notes, ranked opportunities, pilot SOW or clear no-go with kill criteria draft.
03
Pilot (60–90 days)
Week-one baseline, thin production slice, weekly readouts, control checks, adoption tracking against the SOW metric.
04
Handoff
Runbooks, ownership, IP clarity, hypercare window. Something your team can maintain on Monday—not a black box.
05
Retainer (optional)
Quarterly ROI, iteration backlog, monitoring. Steady external lead when the first win sticks.
Kill criteria are not a slogan
Paid pilots include explicit go/no-go language. If the baseline doesn’t move—or controls can’t clear risk—we stop or re-scope. You always know what “good” looks like.
Start with one metric—not a 90-slide roadmap
Tell us where cost, throughput, or labor is stuck. We’ll tell you if a 2–4 week assessment is the right next step—or if it isn’t.