/5.0 Discovery

Discovery.
Where every system starts.

We start with your workflows and the numbers that matter — on site, with the people who run the work. It is the first step of the build, not a report that sits on a shelf.

/5.1 What happens

Four steps from first meeting to the build.

01

Pre-work

We review your org chart, systems and process documentation. You choose the workflows that matter most.

02

On site

Working sessions and job shadows with leadership and the people who do the work. Every workflow mapped end to end.

03

Analysis

Every opportunity scored by impact and feasibility. Target workflows and the data foundation designed.

04

The roadmap

A sequenced plan, sized to your own financials, with the first build scoped and ready to start.

/5.2 The four lenses

How we find the work worth doing.

Most AI projects fail because they solve the wrong problem.

Lens /01

Data visibility

The decisions you make slowly — or not at all — because the information costs too much to get.

Lens /02

Pain points

Work that is manual, tedious or duplicated — and the jobs you can't fill.

Lens /03

Software leverage

Tools you already pay for that aren't earning their keep.

Lens /04

Disconnected systems

The gaps between systems where handoffs break and errors live.

/5.3 Prioritization

Impact first. Feasibility second.

High impact · easier to build

Start here

The first wave. Visible, trusted wins that earn the right to do the harder work.

High impact · harder to build

Plan and invest

Usually waiting on the data foundation. Sequenced into later waves.

Lower impact · fast to build

Quick wins

Momentum builders, slotted in where they help adoption.

Lower impact · hard to build

Deprioritize

If it won't move a number that matters, we'll tell you not to build it.

/5.4 What discovery produces

The blueprint for the build.

01

Mapped workflows

Every input, output, decision point and handoff, documented end to end.

02

A data foundation design

What the Limestone Foundation needs to ingest, from where, and how it stays current.

03

A scored opportunity portfolio

Each opportunity with estimated value, effort, prerequisites and owner.

04

A wave plan

Sequenced by readiness, not the calendar — re-sequenced by moving a card.

05

Impact sized to your numbers

Estimates built bottom-up from your own financials, with the baseline agreed up front.

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The first build, scoped

The Limestone Foundation and the first Ashlar tools, defined and sequenced.

Start here

Lay the foundation. Then build what matters.