4-Week Consulting Engagement

AI Development Risk
& Reliability Sprint

Your engineers are shipping faster with AI. But speed without governance creates risk that compounds silently. We harden AI coding workflows and build the governance layer your team needs to ship with confidence.

The Problem

The Hidden Risk of AI in Engineering

AI coding assistants generate plausible, syntactically correct code at speed. The failure mode is not obvious breakage — it is subtle architectural drift, security regressions, and convention violations that pass code review because they look reasonable in isolation.

Most teams adopted AI tooling faster than they built governance around it. Standard code review cannot catch systemic patterns across hundreds of AI-generated changes, and there is no audit trail of the reasoning behind AI-generated architectural decisions.

Guardrails are not a tax on velocity. They are what make velocity sustainable.

The Engagement

What the 4-Week Sprint Includes

Week 1

Assessment & Constraint Discovery

  • Audit AI tooling usage and developer workflows
  • Map architectural invariants, security requirements, and design constraints
  • Identify gaps between standards and AI-generated output
  • Deliver a risk profile with findings and severity ratings

Week 2

Governance Framework Design

  • Define enforceable security, architectural, and convention constraints
  • Design review workflows against your actual standards
  • Build a constraint knowledge base specific to your codebase

Week 3

Implementation & Integration

  • Deploy automated constraint enforcement in existing workflows
  • Integrate invariant checks into AI-assisted development
  • Implement audit trail capture for AI-generated decisions
  • Configure review agents for security, design, and architecture

Week 4

Validation & Knowledge Transfer

  • Validate the framework against recent AI-generated changes
  • Train engineering leads on constraint management
  • Deliver operational runbook and maintenance plan

Fit

Who This Is For

A strong fit if:

  • SaaS companies with 20-200 engineers using AI coding assistants
  • Teams where AI-generated code is already in production
  • Organizations needing audit readiness for AI-assisted development
  • Companies preparing for SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar compliance

Not the right engagement if:

  • Teams not yet using AI in development
  • Organizations looking for a software tool purchase
  • Companies wanting a one-day workshop
  • Teams without engineering leadership sponsorship

Outcomes

Tangible Outcomes

Constraint Enforcement

Architectural, security, and design constraints enforced automatically on every AI-generated change.

Risk Reduction

Measurable reduction in AI-introduced vulnerabilities with baseline and post-engagement metrics.

Audit Trail

Full traceability of what was generated, what constraints were checked, and what was flagged.

Governance Clarity

An operational framework your team owns — with defined processes for updating rules as your architecture evolves.

Review Coverage

Automated review agents for security, design, and architectural alignment at scale.

Team Capability

Engineering leads trained on maintaining the framework. A capability transfer, not a consulting dependency.

Logistics

Engagement Structure

Duration

4 weeks, with structured weekly milestones. Typical time commitment from your team: 4 to 6 hours per week for designated engineering leads.

Investment

Typical engagements range from $25,000 to $35,000 depending on team size, codebase complexity, and compliance requirements. Scoped after the initial strategy call.

Availability

We take on a limited number of engagements per quarter to maintain depth and quality. Current availability is discussed during the strategy call.

Your AI tooling is already shaping your codebase.
The question is whether you are shaping it back.

The strategy call is a 30-minute conversation to assess fit. We will discuss your current AI adoption, your specific risk concerns, and whether this engagement makes sense for your team. No pitch deck. No sales pressure.

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