Direct deployment of the workflows the Audit kept.
Execution capacity inside the HIP advisory relationship, scoped off the Audit. A small HIP-led delivery team deploys selected workflows end to end on a fixed, bounded build. The goal is measurable operational change, not open-ended development or permanent retainer work.
Most mid-market companies do not have an internal team to build this. Hiring one is the wrong answer.
After the Audit, leadership usually faces the same question. The plan is clear. The workflows are chosen. The business case holds. But there is no internal capacity to build, and the last round of vendor proposals looked exactly like the ones that produced AI Fragmentation in the first place.
Integration Execution is the answer to that gap. It is the delivery arm of the HIP advisory relationship, not a separate consultancy offer. HIP owns delivery of a bounded set of workflows. The scope comes straight out of the Audit, which means the team is not selling or inventing work. The outcome is the specific operating change the Audit defined.
One to three workflows per cycle. Shipped, not experimented.
Scope lock
Workflows selected from the Audit, with explicit acceptance criteria. No scope creep, no mid-flight additions.
Tooling choice
Tools chosen on operating fit, not vendor alignment. HIP does not take referral fees. Where your existing stack does the job, it stays.
Deployment
A small HIP-led team builds, integrates, and hands over each workflow into live operations with documentation your team can own.
Change management
The people running the workflow are trained into it before the handover is declared complete. Adoption is a deliverable, not an assumption.
Measurement
Before-and-after metrics on the operating change. Capacity released, cycle time, margin, error rate. Whatever the Audit committed to, that is what gets measured.
Cutover and close
Each engagement ends. Leadership owns the result. The next cycle is decided only if the measurement supports it.
For companies that want delivery, not a development program.
Strong fit
- You do not have internal build capacity for AI and do not want to hire one yet.
- You want the workflows from the Audit shipped, measured, and handed over on a bounded timeline.
- You want one team accountable for both the build and the operating outcome.
Not a fit
- You already have a capable internal build team or trusted vendor. Consider Integration Oversight.
- You want open-ended custom development with no defined end point. HIP does not sell that.
- You are looking for the lowest-cost offshore build shop. HIP is not that.
Execution is bounded by design.
- Permanent development retainer
- Custom product building unrelated to the Audit roadmap
- Internal team replacement or long-term staff augmentation
- Open-ended R&D or pilot chasing
Scoped per cycle. Quoted after the Audit.
Each Execution engagement covers a bounded cycle, typically one to three workflows. Fee depends on workflow complexity, integrations required, and the state of your existing systems.
Quotes are presented in the Audit readout alongside the other three paths. Leadership chooses without obligation.
What leadership asks about execution.
How long does an Execution cycle take?
Most cycles run 8 to 16 weeks depending on workflow complexity and the state of your existing systems. The Audit readout includes a realistic duration estimate per workflow before you commit.
Do you use your own tools or ours?
Whichever fits the operating need. Where your existing stack covers the workflow, it stays. Where new tools are required, they are chosen on fit, not on vendor relationships. HIP does not take referral fees.
What happens to the work after the engagement ends?
Your team owns it. Each workflow is delivered with documentation, training, and a measurement baseline. If you want HIP to stay on for governance, that is the AI Operating Partner service, priced separately.
Can you execute a workflow we did not cover in the Audit?
Rarely. Execution is deliberately scoped off the Audit because the Audit is what proves a workflow is worth building. Mid-flight additions tend to be how AI Fragmentation happens in the first place.
Execution starts after the Audit.
The AI Operating Audit is the required first step. If the Audit identifies workflows worth building and leadership wants HIP to deliver them, Execution is one of four paths. Apply to work with HIP to begin.