CRAFTERTECHAI

HOW PILOTS WORK

Thirty days. One workflow. A number at the end.

THIRTY DAYS. ONE WORKFLOW.A NUMBER AT THE END.

Enterprise AI fails when it starts as a platform decision. We start it as an operations experiment with a measurable outcome — and let the measurement decide what happens next.

STAGE 1 · WEEK 0

Diagnose one expensive workflow

We pick a single workflow where delay, rework or leakage is measurably costing you — and map it end to end.

  • Half-day working session with the people who run the workflow — not just their managers
  • We quantify the cost of the status quo: hours, delays, rework, leakage
  • One workflow is selected; everything else is explicitly out of scope

STAGE 2 · WEEK 1

Establish baseline metrics and governance

Current cost, current cycle time, current error rate — agreed up front, with the approval and audit model.

  • Baseline metrics agreed in writing — the numbers the pilot will be judged on
  • Governance model fixed up front: who approves, what is logged, where data lives
  • Access, security review and data-handling agreed before any system touches your data

STAGE 3 · DAYS 1–30

Deploy a working system within 30 days

Not a proof-of-concept deck. A working system, in your environment, used by your team on real work.

  • Working software in your environment by day 30 — not a slide deck about future software
  • Your team uses it on real work while we iterate weekly
  • Human approval on every consequential action from day one

STAGE 4 · DAY 30

Measure proof and decide whether to scale

The baseline decides. If the numbers move, we scale to the next workflow. If they don't, you've lost 30 days, not a year.

  • Results measured against the written baseline — no moving goalposts
  • Scale decision is yours, priced and scoped before you commit
  • If the numbers don't move, you walk away with the diagnosis and 30 days spent, not a year