Where we start

Two hours to find out what you actually need.

Not a sales demonstration. A working session with a consultant, after which you know what is feasible, how long it takes, and whether it is work for us.

2 h

with a consultant, free and without commitment

In Saint-Priest, at your offices, or over video

In two hours

What happens, in order

20 min
Your systems
What you run, where the data lives, who administers it.
40 min
Your rules
How your key figures are calculated, and where the definitions diverge.
30 min
What we would do
The architecture we would put in place, and why that one.
30 min
How it would run
Phases, the load on your teams, the friction points we anticipate.

The principle

Why we do it for free

A quote written without having seen your data is worth nothing. We could write any figure at all, you would have no way to check it, and we would both discover the reality on day one of the project, too late for everyone.

So these two hours serve us as much as they serve you. They keep us from selling a project we would struggle to deliver, and they keep you from buying a platform three sizes too large.

The session

What happens during those two hours

You describe the problem, not the solution
We start with what is painful today: what takes time, what cannot be trusted, what nobody manages to obtain. Not with the technology you have in mind.
We inventory the sources
Which applications, which databases, which files. How many instances, how many companies, how much history. This is the step that decides everything else, and the one most quotes skip over.
We identify the sensitive business rules
How you define revenue, margin, work in progress. This is where the gaps between departments hide, and therefore where most of the work to come sits.
We tell you what we would do
The architecture we have in mind, an order of magnitude of effort, and above all: where to start. Including when the answer is that your need fits in three days of Power BI rather than a platform.

The outcome

What you leave with

Scoping workshop deliverables
	Content
A source inventory	The list of what will have to be connected, with the difficulty identified for each one.
A target architecture	What we would put in place, and why. Including when the answer is nothing beyond what you already have.
An order of magnitude	An honest effort range, rather than a round number meant to reassure.
A starting point	Where to begin so that something visible lands quickly, rather than a six-month project with no milestone.

Frequently asked

What people ask before booking

Is the scoping workshop really free?

Yes, with nothing expected in return and no commitment. We spend two hours on it because it is the only way to know whether we can be useful to you. A quote written without having seen your data is worth nothing, to you or to us.

What should we prepare?

Nothing is required. If you have them to hand: the list of your source systems, one example of a report or spreadsheet you produce today, and a rough idea of how many people are concerned. If you have none of that, come anyway: building that inventory is part of the work.

Who should attend on your side?

Ideally one person who knows the business and one who knows the systems. They are rarely the same person, and both points of view are needed. A decision maker is welcome but not required at this stage.

On site or remote?

Both work. We are in Saint-Priest, on the outskirts of Lyon, France, and we travel gladly across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Remotely, the workshop runs over video and works just as well for a first scoping.

What if our need falls outside your skills?

We will tell you during the workshop, rather than three weeks later in a quote. A need sometimes turns out to be a setting in the tool you already own, or work for a different trade than ours. Saying so straight away saves everyone time.

The session

Two hours, minute by minute

Twenty minutes on your systems, forty on how your figures are calculated, thirty on the architecture we would put in place, thirty on the sequence and the load on your teams. Nothing to prepare on your side.

Two hours, and here is how they go

Nothing to prepare on your side. We leave with enough to tell you what we would do.

The workshop is free and carries no commitment. We sometimes conclude that there is no project to run, which is faster for everyone, and it is what makes the next yes worth something.

Let us book those two hours.

Eleven expert consultantsSaint-Priest, near Lyon, France

Describe your situation in a few lines, roughly is fine. We come back to you within two working days to agree on a slot, in Saint-Priest, at your offices or over video.

Request a scoping workshop

No commitment · no sales pitch required

What happens, in order

Your systems

Your rules

What we would do

How it would run