Baseline workflow audit
A senior engineer inventories the workflows in scope, the volumes that run through them, the costs they carry, and the systems they touch. The audit is based on how work actually happens, not just the org chart.
Leanware
ClaimLeanware’s AI ROI Assessment is a 2–3 week engagement to identify where AI is worth building, buying, or postponing. Includes a keepable plan with workflow audit findings, ROI projections, and an implementation roadmap.
AI ROI Assessment
Leanware is an AI engineering company that offers a focused AI ROI Assessment for businesses that want a clear view of where AI can create value. The engagement pairs a senior engineer with your team for two to three weeks to audit workflows, estimate ROI, and recommend whether each opportunity should be built, bought, or deferred.
The assessment is designed to be useful even if you do not continue with Leanware. It produces a written plan you can keep and reuse: a baseline audit of in-scope workflows, a ranked opportunity map with ROI projections, and an implementation roadmap that translates the findings into a practical next step.
Core capabilities
Ranked opportunity map
The engagement produces three to five ranked AI opportunities with ROI projections grounded in the audit. Each opportunity includes the assumptions behind the projection so your team can review the logic.
Implementation roadmap with decision guidance
Each opportunity gets a build-vs-buy-vs-wait recommendation. The roadmap is explicit about when a platform should be bought instead of built, or when it makes sense to wait for the ecosystem to mature.
Standalone deliverable
The output is a written artifact you can keep and hand to an internal team or another vendor. Leanware positions the Assessment as standalone value rather than a locked-in consulting step.
Short, defined engagement
The engagement starts with a 30-minute intro call, then runs for two to three weeks with named stakeholders and remote interviews. The site describes the process as async-friendly.
Common use cases
Evaluate one workflow in depth
A company has a named workflow, such as invoice processing or support triage, and wants to know whether it should be automated with AI and what kind of effort that would require.
Prioritize a backlog of AI opportunities
A business has several candidate opportunities across different systems and wants them ranked by projected value before committing engineering resources.
Create an AI strategy document
A leadership team needs a credible outside assessment for board discussions or internal planning, including ROI projections and a roadmap they can circulate.
Assess whether to build or buy
An operations team has tried lower-code agent tools but hit limits around integration logic or edge cases and needs a clearer build-vs-buy recommendation.
Review workflows across connected systems
A mid-market company with multiple systems of record wants a practical read on which workflows are worth automating and how those systems fit together today.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Produces a concrete artifact instead of a slide deck or sales pitch.
- Includes build-vs-buy-vs-wait recommendations, not just a list of ideas.
- Grounds recommendations in workflow volumes, costs, and system topology.
- Uses a senior engineer rather than a generic strategy-only consultant.
- The deliverable remains useful even if you do not hire Leanware afterward.
Cons
- The assessment is a planning engagement, not implementation; you will still need a separate build if you decide to pursue an opportunity.
- The workflow scope is set up front on the intro call, so teams that want open-ended discovery may find the engagement intentionally bounded.
FAQ
How does the AI ROI Assessment work?
It is a two- to three-week engagement with a senior engineer. Leanware audits the workflows in scope, then delivers a ranked opportunity map, ROI projections, and an implementation roadmap with build-vs-buy-vs-wait recommendations.
What do I receive at the end of the Assessment?
The deliverable is a standalone written plan: a baseline audit, an opportunity map with ROI projections, and an implementation roadmap. The Assessment is described as yours to keep whether or not you continue with Leanware.
How is the Assessment priced?
Leanware says the Assessment is a fixed-fee engagement, scoped and billed at signing. If you proceed with a Managed Custom AI Agents build within 30 days, 50% of the Assessment fee is credited toward that build's setup fee.
Who is the Assessment for?
Leanware says the same senior engineer can judge what a workflow needs, what AI can realistically do, and whether a build, buy, or wait decision makes sense. The site also says the Assessment is useful whether you arrive with one named workflow or with a need to map several opportunities.
Does the Assessment lead into implementation?
The Assessment is the scoping and planning engagement; it is not the same as the AI Product Engineering or Dedicated AI Engineering Teams offerings. The site says the credit applies only if you move into a Managed Custom AI Agents build within 30 days.
Quick Facts
- Category
- AI consulting
- Offering
- AI ROI Assessment
- Engagement length
- Two to three weeks
- Pricing model
- Fixed fee, scoped on intro call
- Credit toward build
- 50% toward Managed Custom AI Agents within 30 days
- Primary users
- Startups and businesses evaluating AI opportunities
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