Services · Key focus area

AI Transformation
& Adoption.

AI changes everything about how software is built and operated — but only if adoption is real, measured and enterprise-wide. We make it real.

The framework

Three moving parts. One adoption engine.

Pilots are easy; adoption is hard. Our framework lands AI capability where the work actually happens — across every function — and proves the value at each step.

Enterprise-wide AI Adoption Programme

We deploy a structured adoption programme across three domains — Software Development, SRE / DevX / QA, and non-technical functions — so AI capability lands where the work actually happens, not just in pilots.

  • Software Development
  • SRE · DevX · QA
  • Non-technical functions

AI Augmentation Maturity Model (AAMM)

Our AAMM measures and advances AI maturity through evidence-based stage gates. Teams progress only when the data proves they are ready — no vanity metrics, no theatre.

  • Evidence-based stage gates
  • Objective maturity scoring
  • Clear, defensible progression

Agentic AI pipelines

We train teams to build and operate agentic AI pipelines — using Claude, Gemini and Cursor — that automate delivery and operational processes end-to-end.

  • Claude
  • Gemini
  • Cursor
Enterprise-wide adoption

Three streams, deliberately split.

Different users, different risks, different maturity curves. One programme should not pretend they are the same — so we run three streams in parallel, each with a named owner.

Stream A

Software Development

Coding agents, test generation, review augmentation and spec-to-code workflows — embedded in the SDLC. The fastest curve: this is where your first visible wins come from.

Stream B

Platform · SRE · QA

AI for incident response, observability, developer experience and continuous quality — gated behind read-only pilots first, because automation that touches production raises the bar for every gate.

Stream C

Business functions

Product, marketing, operations, finance and HR — with the same rigour. The slowest curve, because adoption here is mostly workflow redesign, not tooling.

AAMM

The AI Augmentation Maturity Model.

We measure maturity objectively and advance teams through evidence-based stage gates. You only progress when the data proves you’re ready — no theatre, no vanity metrics.

  1. 0 Aware Ad-hoc, unmanaged AI use. Policy and baselines established.
  2. 1 Assisted AI assists individuals on discrete tasks, with guardrails.
  3. 2 Augmented AI embedded in team workflows; measurable productivity gains.
  4. 3 Agentic AI executes well-bounded team workflows end-to-end — triggered by humans.
  5. 4 Autonomous Scoped workflows run on automatic triggers, within guardrails; people review outcomes.

What it takes to pass a gate

1 · Evidence

A team must show working examples, not intent. One repository, one workflow, one report — running, reviewable, real.

2 · Adoption depth

More than one person on the team must be using the practice. Single-champion adoption does not pass.

3 · Reliability

The practice survives a normal week without rework. Brittle wins are not wins.

4 · Reversibility

You can roll the practice back without disruption if it stops working. If you can’t reverse it, you haven’t governed it.

The ladder is climbed one rung at a time. A team that leaps is a team you will be rolling back.

The first 90 days

Visible wins, real foundations.

Ninety days is long enough to prove the model and short enough to hold attention. Here is what “on track” looks like at each checkpoint.

30

Set the floor

Usage policy live; safe, approved access for everyone; baseline metrics captured before anything changes; champions named in every stream.

60

First quick wins

Team-level workflows piloted in production work; workshops and pair working running on live backlogs; 1:1 themes feeding back into the plan.

90

Compound gains

At least one team at Stage 3; at least one key result significantly improved; leadership review — continue, adjust, or escalate.

Agentic AI pipelines

From prompt to production — automated.

We train your teams to build and operate agentic AI pipelines that automate delivery and operational processes end-to-end — using the best tools for the job.

  • Multi-agent delivery & operations automation
  • Human-in-the-loop oversight on outcomes
  • Built to your security & governance standards
// our toolchain
ClaudeOpus & Sonnet — reasoning & code
GeminiMultimodal & long-context
CursorAgentic developer environment
Start your AI transformation

Book an AI readiness conversation.

Tell us where you are today. We’ll bring an objective view of your AI maturity and a pragmatic, evidence-based plan to move forward — across every function.

  • Senior practitioners, not slideware
  • A plan mapped to the AAMM stage gates
  • No obligation, no jargon

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Move from scattered pilots to enterprise-wide, measurable AI augmentation.