Bring one costly or repetitive workflow. Get a documented PROCEED TO PILOT, REDESIGN, STOP, or GATHER EVIDENCE decision—with risk-adjusted ROI, controls, and a practical next-step plan—before you pay for implementation.

The most expensive automation mistake is building the wrong workflow.

This fixed-scope audit turns one existing or proposed AI-assisted workflow into a decision your team can review. In four business days, you will know whether the evidence supports a bounded pilot, whether the process must be redesigned first, or whether stopping is the better business decision.

This is the single-workflow Contra edition of the Lamtix decision-audit service. It does not include software implementation.

THE DECISION YOU RECEIVE

• PROCEED TO PILOT — the evidence is strong enough for a bounded test. • REDESIGN — the opportunity may be valuable, but the process, data, or ownership is not ready. • STOP — the expected value does not justify the cost, risk, or operating burden. • GATHER EVIDENCE — a critical input is missing and must be measured before a responsible decision is possible.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE

• Executive decision brief with the recommendation and reasons. • Current-state workflow map: trigger, steps, owners, exceptions, and finish. • Transparent readiness score with every input and assumption shown. • Risk-adjusted value, year-one cost, ROI, and break-even workbook. • Prioritized risk, failure-mode, and human-control register. • Data, permissions, logging, exception, and rollback requirements. • Acceptance criteria for a small, measurable pilot. • Practical 30/60/90-day next-step plan. • Recorded walkthrough up to 20 minutes, or one 30-minute debrief call.

Editable working files and a fixed-format decision brief are included.

GOOD EXAMPLE WORKFLOWS

• Classify inbound enquiries and draft a response for human approval. • Extract information from repeatable documents and route exceptions. • Turn meeting notes into assigned actions with accountable review.

Other bounded operational workflows are welcome. “Automate our entire business” is not one workflow and must be narrowed before the audit begins.

WHAT I NEED FROM YOU

• One workflow with one primary trigger and one intended outcome. • A named owner or decision-maker. • Sanitized evidence such as screenshots, sample forms, process notes, or redacted exports. • Available volume, handling-time, rework, and cost information; estimates are accepted only when clearly labelled. • Known exceptions, approvals, and failure concerns.

You do not need to provide passwords, API keys, unrestricted production access, private customer records, or regulated data.

FOUR-DAY PROCESS

Day 1 — Scope and evidence Confirm the workflow boundary, decision, evidence quality, and missing inputs.

Day 2 — Process, data, and risk Map the current flow, exceptions, permissions, failure modes, and human responsibility.

Day 3 — Economics and alternatives Model realistic value and cost, compare automation with process change, and define controls.

Day 4 — Decision and handoff Deliver the decision package, pilot acceptance measures, and walkthrough.

The delivery clock starts only after the project is funded and the intake is complete.

BEST FOR

• Operations leaders deciding whether one repetitive workflow deserves investment. • Small businesses that want evidence before buying automation software. • Consultants who need a defensible screening step before proposing a build. • Teams using AI informally without shared controls, ownership, or acceptance measures.

NOT INCLUDED

• Software implementation, deployment, integrations, or production credentials. • Legal, tax, medical, financial, regulatory, or security-certification advice. • Penetration testing, source-code audit, or compliance certification. • Guaranteed savings, revenue, accuracy, acceptance, or business outcomes. • Uploading confidential or regulated data to a third-party AI system.

If the available evidence is weak, the report will identify what must be measured. It will not invent a confident ROI number.

Any public demonstration is labelled as an illustrative synthetic example. It demonstrates the method, not client results, savings, or endorsements.