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The focused diagnostic
Unblock a process or settle one precise question, by interviewing in depth everyone the topic touches.
The presenting symptom: “Something is dragging, and I can’t put my finger on where.”
One topic, chosen together at the scoping session. This is not a trial run, it is a fast decision: you are not buying a sample, you are buying the right to settle one precise question. Without tying up a quarter or a budget.
How it unfolds.
A two-hour kick-off. We choose a single topic together, and we collect the documents that already exist.
Six to eight one-hour interviews, aimed at the people who actually do the work. Full transcription, processed locally.
The chosen process mapped end to end. The time it really consumes, counted role by role.
Two hours, on site or by video, your choice. The deliverables are handed over the same day.
The topics we take on, one at a time
Scoping is for choosing. One topic, not the whole organisation.
- Where the time goes in a typical week, function by function
- One specific process, end to end: invoicing, quotes, reporting, schedules, client onboarding, field figures reaching head office, the monthly close
- The real state of your data: where it lives, who re-types it, how many times the same information is keyed in across the company
- What could be automated right now, with no project and no budget
- What would block an AI project today: data quality, access rights, team buy-in, the state of your systems
- The post-mortem of a struggling project: why the software you bought last year is not being used
- Which off-the-shelf software to buy, see the module below
The “which software should we buy” module
This is the one place in our range where we answer “help me choose”. We are well placed to do it, because we resell nothing. So we can tell you to buy nothing at all, and that is exactly what a business owner wants to hear when it is the right answer.
- A requirements list drawn from the interviews, not from a generic template
- A market consultation
- A weighted comparison grid you can rerun on your own
- A reasoned recommendation. Including, when it applies, the recommendation to buy nothing
What you walk away with.
- The 8 to 12 page note. every finding sourced to an interview or a document
- The process map. the process as it works today
- Five quick wins, counted in hours saved. ready to launch with no project and no budget
- A tool mock-up. working and demonstrable, not a delivered tool
- The estimate for what follows. what the build would cost, if you decide to go ahead
- The comparison grid. when the topic is a software purchase
The fact sheet.
The scope is set at scoping. The full pricing grid lives on the pricing page.
One topic, two weeks. You know where the time goes, you have five things to launch the following week, and you have tied up neither a quarter nor a budget.
The questions we get asked about this solution.
Yes, it is one of the topics the focused diagnostic covers. And we are well placed to answer, because we resell nothing. That includes telling you to buy nothing.
Because that is what depth costs in two weeks. One topic treated properly beats three skimmed over. If the topic hides others, that is the audit’s job, and we will tell you so.
Nothing is required. The diagnostic stands on its own. If the topic hides others, the audit takes over. If the missing tool has been identified, the custom-built tool follows directly.
What can follow.
The audit, if the topic hides others. Or straight to a custom-built tool.The Strateo Audit The custom-built tool See the full range again
Thirty minutes, spent listening to you.
The starting point, free and without commitment. We sell you nothing during the call, and our written proposal reaches you within 48 hours. If you would rather write, write to us.
See clearly before you act