A board-ready AI roadmap in four weeks.

An AI transformation roadmap is a strategic document that names the AI projects an organisation should run, the sequence in which to run them, the cost and risk of each, and the data or governance work that has to happen first. A good roadmap is decision-ready: a board can approve a starting commitment from it without needing further analysis. SeidrLab's productised version runs four-to-five weeks (typically four) at a fixed fee and ends in a board-ready document.

Four to five weeks from kick-off to final deliverable, typically four. The exact timing depends on workshop scheduling with stakeholders' calendars. Client time is light: one-to-three two-hour workshops with the leadership team and operational staff, plus a one-hour board presentation with revisions at the end. Most of the work happens inside SeidrLab.

The SeidrLab AI Transformation Roadmap is $35,000 AUD plus GST as a fixed fee. The fee is fixed at signing. There is no hourly billing and no scope creep on a SeidrLab roadmap.

The roadmap is a fixed-scope, fixed-fee deliverable. Four-to-five weeks, one document, one set of decisions. Advisory is the ongoing retainer that follows the roadmap, typically $12,000-$18,000 per month with a six-month minimum, where senior partners work alongside the leadership team on the decisions that come up as the roadmap is implemented. Most clients do the roadmap first, then decide whether they want Advisory, Sprint delivery, or to implement internally.

The CEO or COO as the executive sponsor, plus operational staff, technical leads, and function heads participating in one-to-three two-hour workshops. A one-hour board presentation with revisions at the end. Total client time commitment is typically four-to-ten hours across the engagement. We schedule around your calendar.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. We are vendor-agnostic. If Microsoft Copilot fits your stack and your data is set up to use it, the roadmap will say so. If your data is too fragmented for Copilot to produce reliable outputs, the roadmap will say that instead, and recommend the data consolidation work first. We do not resell platforms, so the recommendation reflects what will actually work for your business.

That happens occasionally and we will say it plainly. If the data foundation is too immature, the leadership team is misaligned, or the use cases are low-impact, the roadmap will recommend a 'not yet' position with a defensible rationale. That is still a useful outcome: the board has a clear, externally validated decision to come back to in 6-to-12 months.

Yes, but not as a default. About half of roadmap clients move directly into a Sprint or Embedded engagement with SeidrLab. The other half implement internally, with a different vendor, or use the roadmap to evaluate vendor proposals. You own the document and the recommendations. We are happy with either path.

Yes. The roadmap document, the governance framework, the board presentation, and all interview notes are delivered to you and remain your property. SeidrLab retains the right to use anonymised patterns in future engagements, but no client-identifying information leaves your control without your written permission.

Three differences. First, four weeks instead of six months. Second, a fixed fee an order of magnitude below the $200,000-plus typical of a Big 4 engagement. Third, senior partners do the work. We do not put junior consultants on your engagement. The Big 4 is the right choice for an enterprise audit or compliance program with an 18-month timeline. The SeidrLab roadmap is the right choice for a scaling business that needs to move fast with senior expertise.

Four weeks is the typical timeline and the realistic floor for a defensible board document. Some engagements run to five weeks when workshop scheduling stretches across stakeholders' calendars. We do not compress further, because the document loses defensibility.