Fixed-fee sprint

AI Tooling Reality Check

What you own, what you use, and what the demo did not show.

The problem

You are paying for AI features across several platforms, and the module your incumbent added at renewal may or may not do the job. Nobody has tested any of it against your own matters.

The evidence

  • 48%

    of corporate legal teams say the right tools aren't in place.

    Thomson Reuters Legal Department Operations Report, 2026

  • 2×

    legal technology budgets are on course to double by 2028.

    Gartner, May 2026

What you get

  • Inventory of licensed AI tools and modules, with cost and actual usage
  • Overlap map showing where you are paying twice for the same capability
  • Hands-on evaluation of up to three tools against a task set built from your work
  • Scored results with the failure cases written down, not summarized away
  • Keep, drop or renegotiate recommendation for each tool

How it works

  1. WEEK 1

    Evidence

    Collect contracts, license counts and usage data. Build the task set from real work, with the answers known in advance.

  2. WEEK 2

    Baseline

    Run the task set through each tool. Record what it gets right, what it gets wrong, and how long review takes.

  3. WEEK 3

    Prove

    Score, price and write it up, including the renegotiation points before your next renewal.

Every engagement leaves an instrument behind. Here it is: A task set you can re-run at every renewal.

What it costs

Fixed fee

3 weeks

Sprint fees are confirmed in writing when we scope the work, usually within one business day of your note.

What it does not include

We are platform-neutral and take no vendor fees, but we also do not run procurement for you. Contract negotiation, deployment and change management are separate work. Vendors sometimes decline hands-on access inside three weeks; where that happens, we say so in the write-up rather than score from a demo.

What it typically leads to

  • Program

    Platform Reckoning

    Decide what to do about the platform you are about to renew.

    Read more →

  • Program

    Data & KM Foundation

    Make your own work findable, so AI has something good to work with.

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Start with one sprint

Two to three weeks, one approver, a deliverable you keep. Tell us the problem and we'll come back within one business day with a scope, a date and a fee.

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