AI Initiative Launch — StratEdge AI
StratEdge AI · LaMarre Consulting, LLC Two phases · One formal go/no-go gate
Your first AI workflow, live in production.
Verified before a deployment dollar is spent.

The AI Initiative Launch takes one chosen workflow from decision to a live, working AI solution — on your existing platforms, with your team, under experienced deployment leadership. Readiness is verified at a formal go/no-go gate before deployment ever begins.

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The problem
The gap between an AI decision and a working AI solution is where most initiatives quietly die.

The demo works. The deployment stalls.

Research across thousands of AI initiatives keeps finding the same thing: the collapse almost never happens at the technology level. It happens in the gap between the demo and production — access, data, integrations, security review, ownership.

Nobody verified readiness first

Most deployments start before anyone confirms the platform licensing, the data access, the security queue, or whether a committed technical resource actually exists. Every one of those discoveries mid-flight costs weeks.

Outside teams create dependence

Traditional implementation engagements do the work to you — and when they leave, the knowledge leaves with them. The capability your organization paid for walks out the door.

Timelines nobody committed to

Open-ended implementations drift because no one committed a schedule against verified facts. A deadline set before readiness is known isn't a plan — it's a wish.

How it works
Two phases. One gate. No deployment until readiness is verified.

The Launch is deliberately structured so that deployment only begins once your organization's readiness has been verified and a realistic schedule has been committed — in writing, at the gate.

Phase 1

Readiness Verification

2 weeks · one workflow, selected and scoped
  • One workflow chosen and tightly scoped — customer service, operations, or back office
  • Technical readiness verified: platform versions and licensing, access, data, integrations, security review timeline
  • Organizational readiness verified: a real sponsor, an IT contact, a named owner, a committed technical resource
  • Ends in a formal go/no-go decision and a written Readiness Gap Report
Go / No-Go
Gate
Phase 2

Deployment Leadership

4–6 weeks · begins only at GO
  • Deployment on your existing platforms — Microsoft 365/Copilot Studio and Salesforce/Agentforce are common examples, not limits
  • Your technical resource configures under experienced direction — work plan, weekly cadence, vendor coordination, testing and acceptance, the go-live decision
  • Delivered: a live working solution, governance one-pager, success metrics with a measured baseline and 30-day measurement plan, and a team adoption session
  • Complete handoff documentation — zero ongoing dependence on us
The gate is the point. Phase 1 ends in a real decision, not a formality. A "go" comes with a client-specific deployment schedule committed in writing — verified, scoped, and scheduled before a deployment dollar is spent. A "no-go" comes with a remediation roadmap and your deployment credit held for six months, so the work isn't lost — it's sequenced honestly. And when the honest answer is "go, at reduced scope," the gate says that too.
One requirement we hold firm: your organization commits a named technical resource — roughly 5–10 hours per week during deployment — with availability verified in Phase 1. This is how the solution gets configured on your platforms, by your people, so the capability stays when the engagement ends. No committed resource is a no-go finding, not a workaround.
The approach
"We don't do it to you. We do it with you — so when we leave, your team isn't dependent on us."

Deployment leadership means your team does the configuration on platforms you already own, under the direction of leadership that has delivered AI and enterprise systems inside large organizations for more than a decade — across financial services, logistics, medical devices, market research, CPG, and non-profit sectors, including live, current enterprise AI program leadership. When the engagement ends, your organization holds a working solution, the documentation, and the capability. Nothing walks out the door.

Is this right for you?
This engagement works for a specific kind of organization.
This is for you if —
  • You've chosen an AI initiative — or completed the Blueprint — and need it delivered
  • You want the first workflow live in weeks, verified honestly, not promised blindly
  • You have (or can name) a technical resource who can commit 5–10 hours a week
  • You want the capability to stay in your team when the engagement ends
  • You'd rather hear "not ready yet, here's the fix" than burn a deployment budget finding out
This is not for you if —
  • You're still deciding which initiative comes first — start with the Blueprint
  • No sponsor, owner, or technical resource can be named — that's a no-go finding
  • You want a large outside team to do everything for you and hand over a black box

Still deciding which initiative comes first?

The AI Initiative Blueprint turns your organization's competing AI ideas into one ranked list, three defensible recommendations, and a 90-day roadmap — the natural first step. From a pile of competing AI ideas to your first workflow live in production in roughly 10–12 weeks.

See the AI Initiative Blueprint →
Questions
Common questions, straight answers.
How can one workflow go live in weeks when enterprise AI programs take months?
Because almost none of those months go to the technology. They go to unverified blockers — access, licensing, security review, data questions, and ownership gaps discovered mid-flight. This engagement verifies every one of those blockers in two weeks, before deployment begins, on one tightly-scoped workflow. That's the entire reason the gate exists. Our deployment leadership comes from inside those long enterprise programs — we know exactly where the months go.
What happens if the gate says no-go?
You receive a remediation roadmap — the specific gaps, in priority order, with a practical path to close them — and your deployment credit is held for six months. A no-go isn't a failed engagement; it's the engagement working. Finding the blockers in week two costs a fraction of finding them in month four.
What platforms do you work with?
Your existing ones. Microsoft 365/Copilot Studio and Salesforce/Agentforce are common examples, but they're examples, not limits — Phase 1 verifies whatever stack your organization runs. The point is deploying on platforms you already own and your team already knows, not introducing new ones.
Is the 4–6 week deployment window guaranteed?
It's committed, which is stronger than guaranteed-by-hope: at the gate, a client-specific deployment schedule is committed in writing based on what Phase 1 actually verified — your platforms, your security timeline, your resource availability. Your deployment schedule is committed at the go/no-go gate — verified, scoped, and scheduled before a deployment dollar is spent.
How does pricing work?
The Launch is a fixed-scope, two-phase engagement, with the deployment phase invoiced only at a "go" decision — you never pay for deployment before readiness is verified. Full engagement details, including the fees for each phase, are in the follow-up we send within 24 hours of your form submission.
How do we get started?
Fill out the form above. We will send the full engagement details within 24 hours and follow up personally. If it looks like a fit, we schedule a short conversation to confirm the workflow and move to a statement of work — and the pre-kickoff checklist gets Phase 1 started on a clean footing.
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