Agentic AI Consulting: Strategy That Ends in Production
Boards are asking for an agent strategy. Gartner expects over 40% of agentic AI projects to be cancelled by 2027. We help CIOs and CTOs pick the right workflows, draw the right build-vs-buy line, and set the governance model that survives an audit ā then stay accountable through delivery.
Agent Opportunity Map
Build-vs-Buy Decision
Governance Blueprint
Roadmap & Budget Bands
Delivery Oversight
Week Sprint
fixed price
Question Framework
vendor evaluation
TCO Modelling
build vs buy
Kill Criteria
in writing
From Decision to Delivery
What Our Agentic AI Consultants Actually Deliver
Five deliverables, one written decision document, and accountability through delivery ā because consulting that ends at the readout deck is where agent programmes go to die.
Consulting Engagements and Pricing
| Engagement | Duration | Price |
|---|---|---|
| AI Readiness Assessment | 3 weeks | Free for qualifying companies |
| Agent Strategy Sprint | 4ā6 weeks | $20kā$50k |
| Governance Blueprint | 3ā4 weeks | $15kā$35k |
| Fractional Head of AI / advisory | quarterly | from $8k/month |
What the Strategy Sprint is: a fixed-timebox, fixed-price engagement that answers “where and how should we deploy agents” before anyone writes code. It bundles the opportunity map, the build-vs-buy decision, a governance gap list, and the roadmap ā one executive readout, one written decision document. It exists so a $20kā$50k decision process prevents a $500k mistake.
Agent Opportunity Map
Your workflows scored by value, feasibility, and risk, using the same rubric we published in our 30-question vendor evaluation checklist. You leave with a ranked portfolio, not a brainstorm.
Build-vs-Buy Decision
Agentforce, Copilot Studio, or a custom stack ā modelled on three-year total cost at your volumes, not list price. Our Salesforce field guide shows the method; the sprint applies it to your numbers.
Governance & Compliance Blueprint
EU AI Act classification and Article 13 transparency artefacts, TCPA/HIPAA patterns for US deployments, permission architecture, and the audit-trail spec ā grounded in our published work on agent governance and Article 13 implementation.
Reference Architecture & Roadmap
A 12ā24 week delivery plan with budget bands, dependency map, and kill criteria in writing.
Delivery Oversight
We can build it ourselves ā or hold your chosen vendor to the spec with milestone-level review.
Who This Is For
CIOs, CTOs, and VPs of Engineering at $50Mā$5B revenue companies in the US, UK, and EU ā financial services, healthcare, retail and e-commerce, SaaS, and manufacturing. If you have budget approved and three vendors telling you three different things, this is the engagement that breaks the tie.
Industries We Consult In
Regulated and high-volume industries are where agent decisions carry the most risk ā and where our governance-first method earns its fee.
Most clients start with the free readiness assessment and graduate to the strategy sprint when the shortlist is real.
We publish our methods ā the vendor checklist, the observability framework, the ROI framework ā so you can inspect the thinking before you pay for it. We build what we recommend, which keeps recommendations honest. And we put kill criteria in writing, which slideware never does.
We Decide, Then Deliver
Paid to decide ā including deciding not to build. When we build, scope is already bounded.
Published Methods
Vendor checklist, observability framework, ROI framework ā all public, all inspectable.
Regulator-Ready
EU AI Act, TCPA, HIPAA, FCA ā governance blueprints designed for examination.
Accountable Through Delivery
We build what we recommend, or hold your vendor to the spec.
A $20k decision process that prevents a $500k mistake. Letās talk strategy.
A quick glance at some of our notableĀ application developmentĀ projects that showcase our commitment to quality and innovation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does an agentic AI consultant do that a systems integrator doesn't?
An SI is paid to build; the incentive is a bigger build. Our consulting is paid to decide ā including deciding not to build, to buy a platform, or to fix your data first. When we do build, the strategy work has already bounded the scope.
What is the Agent Strategy Sprint?
A fixed-timebox, fixed-price engagement (4ā6 weeks, $20kā$50k) that answers where and how you should deploy agents before anyone writes code: an opportunity map, a build-vs-buy decision with 3-year TCO, a governance gap list, and a delivery roadmap ā one executive readout, one written decision document.
How do you evaluate agentic AI vendors?
With our published 30-question checklist across six weighted categories ā capability truth-testing, security, observability, pricing durability, lock-in, and delivery record ā plus hard disqualifiers. The sprint applies it to your shortlist with scored evidence.
Do we need consulting before building, or can we start with a pilot?
If you have one clear workflow and platform, skip straight to a pilot ($10kā$50k). Take the sprint when there are multiple candidate workflows, a contested platform decision, or regulatory exposure ā the cases where a wrong first bet costs a year.
How do you handle EU AI Act high-risk classification?
We classify each use case against the Act’s Annex III categories, map the transparency and documentation obligations that follow (including the deferred high-risk timeline), and specify the engineering artefacts ā logging, disclosure, human oversight ā in the governance blueprint.
What does agentic AI consulting cost?
The strategy sprint runs $20kā$50k over 4ā6 weeks; the governance blueprint $15kā$35k; ongoing advisory from $8k/month. The readiness assessment is free for qualifying mid-size companies.
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