Work scan
Map repeated tasks, handoffs, delays, rework and decision points. Candidate use cases begin with observed work rather than a departmental wish list.
AI readiness assessment
Before you buy more AI, find the work that can carry it.
For leadership teams that need a defensible first move before approving tools, pilots, training or a larger implementation budget.
The expensive mistake is not choosing the second-best model. It is automating a rare task, discovering the data cannot be used, or training a team on a workflow no manager is prepared to own.
The short answer
What is an AI readiness assessment?
An AI readiness assessment is a fixed-scope review of the work, data, tools, risk and people around a company’s candidate AI workflows. LOKAL returns an evidence-backed score, a ranked use-case map, the access and control gaps to close, and a practical 90-day sequence for the opportunities that are ready.
The expensive mistake is not choosing the second-best model. It is automating a rare task, discovering the data cannot be used, or training a team on a workflow no manager is prepared to own.
What the work contains
Useful artefacts, not an AI theatre programme
Data scan
Identify the inputs, owners, permissions, quality problems and sensitive fields each workflow depends on.
Tool scan
Review the systems where work already happens, the available model and automation capabilities, integration constraints and avoidable licence overlap.
Risk scan
Name the failure modes, required human review, prohibited data, compliance questions and escalation path before a prototype is treated as safe.
People scan
Test sponsor commitment, manager ownership, user confidence, workload and the support needed for a new behaviour to hold.
The assessment contract
What goes in, how it is scored and what comes back
Inputs
What we inspect
- Leadership and workflow-owner interviews
- A small sample of current briefs, inputs and outputs
- System, licence and integration inventory
- Current data, privacy, security and approval rules
- Known backlog, pilot history and adoption friction
Dimensions
How opportunities are scored
- Business value and task frequency
- Input and output quality
- Technical and access feasibility
- Risk and human-review burden
- Owner and user readiness
- Time to a measurable first result
Outputs
What your team keeps
- Ranked workflow and use-case map
- Readiness score with evidence and open questions
- Data, access, control and capability gap register
- Recommended first-wave scope and owner map
- A 90-day decision and delivery sequence
How long does it take?
The calendar is fixed in the written quote after the number of workflows, systems and interview groups is known. LOKAL does not advertise one universal turnaround before the access and review load are understood.
What does it cost?
LOKAL quotes one fixed project fee after the intake confirms scope, interview load, systems and markets. The quote names every included workshop, artefact and review round; there is no invented public price before those inputs are known.
Is the fee credited later?
The assessment fee is not automatically credited to later implementation. If a credit is offered, the written proposal states the amount, qualifying scope and decision window; until then, assessment and implementation remain separate purchases.
How it moves
A decision sequence the operating team can follow
- 01
Set the decision
Agree what leadership must decide, which functions are in scope and what evidence would make an opportunity worth funding.
- 02
Inspect work and constraints
Interview owners, review artefacts and trace the systems, data, permissions and human checks around each candidate workflow.
- 03
Score with the evidence visible
Rank opportunities across value, frequency, feasibility, risk, ownership and time to a measurable result. Assumptions stay marked as assumptions.
- 04
Read out the sequence
Return the map, gaps, first-wave recommendation and 90-day sequence in a working session with the people who must approve and operate it.
What you can verify
Capability, evidence and limits kept together
CCA-F
Architecture judgement, stated precisely
LOKAL has Claude Certified Architect — Foundations capability. It supports model, tool and architecture review; it does not make Anthropic a sponsor of the assessment.
One scorecard
The reason behind the rank stays visible
Each score links back to the observed workflow, access, risk, owner and unresolved question. A colourful maturity label without evidence is not the output.
Go / later / no
A useful assessment can stop a bad project
The map separates work that is ready, work that needs a prerequisite and work where AI adds more risk or complexity than value.
Before the scope
The useful no
- The assessment does not guarantee that every department receives an AI project.
- A score is a decision aid, not a compliance certification, legal opinion or security penetration test.
- LOKAL will not recommend implementation simply to make the assessment fee look productive.
- Tool procurement, production integrations and organisation-wide training sit outside the assessment unless the quote names them.
Questions to settle before anyone buys a tool
What does an AI readiness assessment cover?
It covers the work, inputs and data, current tools, technical access, risk and review needs, sponsor and manager ownership, user capability and the measures that would show whether a changed workflow is useful.
What does the assessment cost?
It is quoted as a fixed project after intake. The fee depends on workflows, interview groups, systems, markets and review rounds; the written scope names what is included before work starts.
How long does the assessment take?
The duration is agreed after intake because a single workflow and a multi-function portfolio have different access and interview loads. The quote fixes the calendar, working sessions and final readout date.
What happens after the assessment?
Leadership receives the ranked map, gap register, first-wave recommendation and 90-day sequence. The company may implement internally, ask LOKAL to scope the work or stop; the assessment remains useful without a follow-on sale.
Is the assessment fee credited toward implementation?
Not automatically. Any credit must appear in the written proposal with an amount, qualifying implementation scope and decision window.
Can we assess one workflow first?
Yes. A narrow assessment is often the better first move when the workflow is frequent, its owner is available and the result can be reviewed objectively.
A useful first brief
Bring one workflow that is slow, expensive or hard to control
We’ll look at the work, systems, data and risk around it. If an assessment is premature—or AI is the wrong answer—we’ll say so before proposing a programme.