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Discovery and mapping
Interviews with leaders and process owners, and a map of how work actually moves between people, inboxes and systems.
Consulting
AI Consulting From the Engineers Who Build It
Discover, Assess, Blueprint. We map where AI fits in your business, then help you build it.
AI consulting at DBPA covers the first three phases of an AI transformation: Discover, Assess and Blueprint. We map how your business runs, score each process on hours, errors and agent fit, and deliver The Transformation Blueprint, a build plan with data access rules and human approval points marked.
Live queueIllustrative
Mapped 11 processes across 4 teams
Awaiting approval
Drafted the build order and data access rules
Board approved the plan
Marked 7 human approval points
Signed off by the COO
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Guardrails on every build
- Drafts never auto-send
- Money never auto-moves
- Every AI output passes a human gate
- Agents see only the data they need
Where this fits
Part of the transformation
Every engagement runs through five phases, from AI-aware to AI-native. This service owns the highlighted ones.
- 01AI-aware
Discover (this service)
We map how work actually moves today.
- 02AI-assisted
Assess (this service)
We score every process on hours, errors and agent fit.
- 03AI-ready
Blueprint (this service)
We design The Transformation Blueprint, with the human gates marked.
- 04AI-powered
Build
We build the agents and connect them to your systems, with only the data access each one needs.
- 05AI-native
Run
Agents execute, your people approve, and we monitor, tune and extend the operation.
What it does
What you get
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Opportunity assessment
Each process is scored on hours, errors, systems touched and what an agent could own, so you know where AI pays off first.
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The Transformation Blueprint
How each priority process is rebuilt around agents, what data each one may access, where people approve, and the order to build it in.
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Team enablement
Hands-on sessions that teach your people to brief AI, check its output and work alongside it.
Also in scope
- AI readiness assessment
- Process mapping and discovery
- Architecture review
- Technology and vendor selection
- Roadmap and business case
- Team training and upskilling
Across sectors
Same pattern, your industry
Each sector has its own processes. In every one, agents do the work and people make the calls.
Common starting points
- 01An AI roadmap leadership can sign off
- 02Find the processes worth automating first
- 03Reset an AI project that has stalled
- 04Choose between vendors and platforms
Legal
Where the unbilled hours go
We map
We trace a matter from enquiry to invoice and measure the time lost to admin at each step.
You decide
Partners choose which processes are rebuilt first.
Financial advice
The advice workflow
We map
We map each step and mark which ones an agent can draft and which must stay with the adviser.
You decide
The practice signs off every gate.
Construction
Tender to final claim
We map
We score each step from estimating to the final claim and find where agents save the most time.
You decide
Directors set the priorities.
NDIS
Provider readiness
We map
We assess rostering, notes and reporting, and where participant data access must stay tight.
You decide
Leadership approves the Blueprint.
Property management
Growth without new hires
We map
We model how much more each PM could manage once enquiries and maintenance run on agents.
You decide
The principal decides the build order.
Wholesale
Platform and vendor choice
We map
We compare platforms and vendors against your real processes, with no reseller margin in the advice.
You decide
You choose, with the trade-offs in writing.
How it runs
From first map to live
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Discover
We sit with your leaders and process owners and write down how each process runs today, step by step.
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Assess
We measure each process: hours spent, errors, systems touched, and what an agent could own.
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Blueprint
Leadership picks the priority processes, and we design how each one is rebuilt around AI, with data access and the human-in-the-loop points marked.
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Into build
The Blueprint becomes the build scope, so the first agents can start straight away, built by the engineers who designed them.
Questions
Asked often
01How is DBPA consulting different from other tech consultants?
Our consultants are the engineers who build the agents, so every recommendation is based on what works in production. You leave with a plan your team can build.
02What does an AI readiness assessment involve?
We look at your processes, systems, data and team, then score where AI agents would save the most time and what needs to be in place first, such as data access, approvals and ownership. There is also a free self-serve AI Readiness Assessment on our site if you want a quick read first.
03Do you help with implementation after consulting?
Yes. The Blueprint becomes the build scope, and the same team takes it into production with AI agents, workflow automation or custom software, so the first build can start straight away.
04Who is AI consulting for?
Mid-market businesses, typically 40 to 250 staff, that want AI running real processes rather than pilots: accounting and legal firms, financial advisers, property managers, allied health and NDIS providers, builders and distributors. It also suits teams with an AI project that needs an architecture review or a reset.
05What is The Transformation Blueprint?
It is the output of our first three phases: Discover, Assess and Blueprint. It shows which processes to rebuild around AI and in what order, what data each agent may access, where your people approve, and the business case for each.
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Start with one process
Book a Discovery Call. We will pick one process, map it and show you where agents fit, with your people still making the calls.
- Drafts never auto-send
- Money never auto-moves
- Every AI output passes a human gate
- Agents see only the data they need