// 05 — AI AUDIT SPRINT

AI Audit Sprint

Before you spend $30K on the wrong AI project, spend $3,500 to find the right one.

// THE PROBLEMWhat's actually broken

Most SMBs know they should be using AI but have no idea where to start — and every AI consultant tries to sell them the same chatbot or Zapier workflow. The AI Audit Sprint is a structured 2-week engagement that maps your actual operations, identifies the specific AI opportunities with the highest ROI, and delivers a prioritized build roadmap with realistic time and cost estimates. You own the roadmap whether or not you hire me to build it.

// WHAT I BUILDDeliverables

  • 90-minute discovery session — structured interview covering all major operational workflows
  • Workflow mapping document — visual + written map of 5–8 core business processes
  • AI Opportunity Matrix — spreadsheet ranking 6–10 identified opportunities by ROI potential, implementation complexity, time to value, and risk
  • Prioritized build roadmap — phased plan recommending which 2–3 opportunities to build first, with rough time and budget estimates
  • Tool stack recommendation — specific platforms and technology matched to your existing systems
  • 30-minute readout call
  • Not included: any actual build work. This is advisory only.

// TIMELINETwo weeks calendar; ~3 hours of your time

Days 1–2Pre-work + questionnaire
Days 3–5Discovery call + follow-ups
Days 6–10Analysis + opportunity matrix + roadmap
Days 11–12Internal refinement
Days 13–14Delivery + readout

Total: 2 weeks calendar time. Your time commitment: ~3 hours.

Not a tech deliverable — a strategy deliverable from someone who can actually code the systems being recommended. Every recommendation is grounded in real implementation reality, not a vendor pitch.

// FITWho this is for

A good fit if…

  • Any SMB with $1M–$20M revenue that is AI-curious but hasn't started
  • Companies that have been burned by a previous AI implementation
  • Business owners told by an AI agency to buy a specific solution who want an independent assessment

Probably not for you if…

  • You already know exactly what you want to build and just need someone to build it. Skip the audit and go straight to scoping the build.

// OBJECTIONSQuestions I get asked

“Why would I pay for a roadmap when I could just ask ChatGPT?”
ChatGPT doesn't know that your lease management process has a specific exception for Section 8 tenants that breaks the standard automation. The Audit Sprint is built on understanding your specific business — the edge cases, the tools you actually use, the team behaviors any automation has to work around.
“Can't we just jump straight to building?”
You can, and I've watched that go badly enough times to make this a fixed part of my process. Skipping discovery either builds the wrong thing entirely or builds the right thing with the wrong architecture. The $3,500 sprint is cheap insurance against a $15K mistake.
“We don't have time for a 2-week process.”
Your actual time commitment is about 3 hours total — questionnaire, discovery call, readout. I do the 2 weeks of analytical work.