AI Readiness Assessment
Know where AI will pay back in your business before you spend.
We run a two-week AI readiness assessment: map candidate use cases, check data quality and systems, assess risk and governance needs, estimate value and cost, and deliver a prioritised, costed roadmap.
- Use-case shortlist
- Data readiness
- Costed roadmap
Free 30-minute call with a senior specialist. Reply within one business day. Based in Jaipur, working with businesses across India.
- Discovery callFree 30 minutes with a senior specialist
- Scoped first phaseWritten scope, timeline and fixed price
- Build with weekly demosWorking software you can see every week
- Launch and supportGo-live with your team ready, then ongoing support
What is an AI readiness assessment?
An AI readiness assessment reviews your processes, data, systems, skills and risks to identify the AI use cases most likely to pay back and what must be fixed first. Stack18 runs it as a fixed-price two-week Discovery Sprint that ends with a prioritised, costed roadmap.
Last reviewed 30 October 2026 by the Stack18 delivery team in Jaipur. Security and AI governance · Pricing · About Stack18
| What it covers | Use-case discovery; Data and systems; Risk and governance; Value and cost; Roadmap. |
|---|---|
| Typical first step | Discovery Sprint: 2 weeks, fixed price. |
| Build route | Fixed-scope first release: agreed in discovery; fixed price after discovery. |
| Long-term option | Transformation Pod: 12–36 months, annual contract. |
| Measured by | Use cases assessed; Value identified; Data gaps found; Risks logged. Each against an agreed baseline. |
| Governance | Human approval at 5 governance gates, every AI agent action logged, NDA available on request. |
| Delivery team | Based in Jaipur, India. A senior specialist replies within one business day. |
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AI Readiness Assessment, end to end.
Each capability is delivered by the same team on the Agentic SDLC, with your approval at every critical step.
Use-case discovery
Where AI could help.
- Process mapping workshops
- Opportunity long list
- Value and feasibility scoring
Data and systems
What you can build on.
- Data quality checks
- API and access review
- Integration complexity
Risk and governance
What must be controlled.
- Privacy and security review
- Human approval points
- Governance gates
Value and cost
Numbers you can plan on.
- Benefit estimates
- Build and run cost ranges
- Payback view
Roadmap
What to do first.
- Prioritised sequence
- Fixed-price first project
- Skills and ownership plan
A typical engagement, step by step.
Senior people lead every phase. Specialised AI agents on the Agentic SDLC handle the repetitive work, and nothing ships without your approval.
Discovery
Map how AI readiness works today, the systems and data involved, and agree the first measurable outcome.
Design
Design the workflows, roles, integrations and approval points for AI readiness.
Build in weekly demos
Your team sees working AI readiness software every week, with changes agreed in the open.
Launch and support
Data migration, training, go-live support and a measured 30-day review against the baseline.
Start small. Scale when it works.
Every engagement begins with a short, fixed-price step so you can judge the fit before committing further. See pricing.
Discovery Sprint
Teams deciding scope and priorities before they commit.
- Duration
- 2 weeks
- Pricing
- Fixed price
- Scoped plan and timeline
- Team and fixed price
- Process map or prototype
Fixed-scope first release
Teams that know what they need built.
- Duration
- Agreed in discovery
- Pricing
- Fixed price after discovery
- Written scope and acceptance criteria
- Weekly demos
- Handover with documentation
Transformation Pod
Multi-system programmes that run for years.
- Duration
- 12–36 months
- Pricing
- Annual contract
- Dedicated cross-functional team
- Quarterly business reviews
- One accountable partner
What we have shipped, and what a typical engagement looks like.
Delivered projects link to the full case study. Illustrative scenarios describe typical engagements and are not named client results.
Mid-size manufacturer
- Challenge
- Many AI ideas; no priorities or view of data quality.
- What we do
- Two-week assessment ending in a costed roadmap and first project.
2 weeks
Free AI readiness conversation
Tell us your goals and systems. We share where AI is most likely to pay back and what the two-week assessment would cover.
- Likely best use cases
- Data and risk view
- What the assessment delivers
We agree targets before we start.
Every engagement has a baseline and a target on the measures that matter to you, reported at every read-out.
AI Readiness Assessment questions.
How long does it take?
Two weeks, as a fixed-price Discovery Sprint.
What do we get at the end?
A ranked use-case list, data and systems findings, risks, cost and value ranges and a roadmap with a fixed-price first project.
Do we have to build with you afterwards?
No. The roadmap is yours.
Who needs to be involved?
A business owner, someone who knows your data and systems, and a decision-maker, for a few workshops.
What if AI is not the right answer?
We say so, and recommend simpler automation where it fits.
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Tell us where you are and where you want to be. A senior specialist will reply within one business day with next steps.
- Free 30-minute consultation
- Indicative estimate after the call
- NDA available on request