AI Strategy Sprint — an AI Strategy in 3 Weeks

The AI Strategy Sprint is the paid entry engagement to Encorp AIM and takes 3 weeks. The idea is that the company gets an AI strategy on which it can decide what to do next, before committing to a longer engagement such as a 3-, 6- or 12-month package.

In the funnel of the method the sprint comes after the free readiness test and training and before the AIM package: Free AI readiness test → AI training → AI Strategy Sprint → AIM package. The whole method is described on AI transformation for companies.

The sprint is strategic work, not implementation: implementation belongs to phase 3 of the method. This way decisions about technology, processes and teams are made on a common basis rather than department by department.

In short: the sprint answers the question “what do we do with AI, and in what order” before the company commits budget to a package or implementation.

The three weeks are a time-boxed engagement — there is a fixed period from start to finish. The limit forces a choice: what matters most now and what can wait for the next step. The table below shows the focus and the result of each week.

To make good use of the period, it helps to have taken the free readiness test beforehand and to know which processes and teams interest you most. The test gives a personalised report that can serve as a starting point for the conversation.

After the last week comes the decision about a package; the link to the next step is described in the last section of this page.

Practical tip: decide in advance who from the leadership will attend the meetings and who will provide access to information about the processes — that way the three weeks go into the work rather than into arranging meetings and access.

The sprint suits a company that wants to start AI transformation but has no common strategy yet — for example because separate teams are trying different AI tools without a shared direction. Criteria for a suitable client: <критерии за подходящ клиент>. Participants on the client side: <кой участва от страна на клиента>.

Company size shapes how the next steps work. A large company works team by team — one package covers a team of up to 20 people, and the company buys as many packages as it has teams. A small company runs a single process for the whole organisation.

If you are not sure you are ready for a sprint, start with the free AI readiness test. And if you would rather train people first, see AI training for companies — training is part of phase 1 of Encorp AIM.

It also suits a company that has already trained its people and is looking for the next step: in the funnel of the method training comes before the sprint, so its results are a natural basis for the strategy.

The sprint is not implementation. Building and launching automations is part of phase 3 of Encorp AIM and happens within a package; see AI business process automation.

The sprint does not replace training. Training is a separate service and part of phase 1: AI training for companies. It can come before the sprint, as the funnel of the method shows.

Nor is the sprint a package. Packages run for 3, 6 or 12 months, are sold on results, not on hours, and each one is led by an AI Director. What they include is described on AI Transformation Packages: 3, 6 and 12 Months.

The boundaries are therefore clear: the sprint provides the strategic basis, training develops the people, and packages turn the strategy into working results. The boundary matters for the budget too — the sprint has its own price and packages have theirs.

After the sprint the company decides whether to continue and with which package: 3, 6 or 12 months. A package is modular — the client picks components, each with its own price — and covers a team of up to 20 people. So the sprint serves as a basis for a decision, not as an obligation to buy.

The price of the AI Strategy Sprint itself is <цена на AI Strategy Sprint>. Package prices are given on request.

The overall picture — three phases, two tracks, packages — is on AI transformation for companies · the Encorp AIM method. If you have a question that is not covered here, write to us through the contact form.

A practical rule: if after the sprint you are unsure which package you need, the number of teams that will work with AI and the number of processes on which a PoC will be tested are the two most useful inputs for the decision.