ProdOps · Business line 01 · Advisory

Executive strategy,
built to ship.

Advisory for leaders who need clarity on where AI fits, how the operating model has to change, and what the next 90 days actually look like. Five ways to engage — each ends in something an operator can use.

Line color

Cobalt · High-trust

Format

Sprints, assessments, workshops, or retained fractional leadership.

Output

Working artifacts. Not slideware.

§ 01Diagnostic panel

The operating system, read honestly.

Advisory engagements start with a real read of where strategy is stuck — decisions, funding, teams, delivery, or the AI layer. The panel is illustrative; yours will look different, and worse.

prodops · delivery-os / v.26.11 Live

Delivery operating system

Strategy → System → Shipped

01
Strategy · portfolio & AI direction
shipped
02
Operating model · decisions, funding, teams
in-progress
03
Workflows · agents, automation, human-in-loop
in-progress
04
Product · UX, prototypes, delivery craft
live
05
Launch · shipped, measured, held
concept

Working artifacts

12

Owners assigned

7

Decisions logged

34

Prioritization · impact × feasibility

Decision log

Defer

Automate later

Quick wins

Ship now

← low feasibilityhigh impact ↑
§ 02Capabilities

Eight lanes. One operator.

Advisory work moves between these lanes fluidly. The engagement decides the shape — the capability stack stays the same.

01

Product Strategy

Turning messy portfolios into a single sharp direction leadership can execute against.

02

AI Strategy & Readiness

Where AI fits, what it costs, what it changes — grounded in real workflows and constraints.

03

Operating Model Design

Decisions, funding, teams, and delivery cadence redesigned so strategy can actually move.

04

Transformation Roadmaps

Sequenced, funded, staffed. Not a wall of workstreams that no one owns.

05

Portfolio Clarity

Cutting stale bets, protecting the ones that matter, funding the ones that will.

06

Product Operations

The rituals, artifacts, and instrumentation product leaders wish existed already.

07

Delivery Leadership

Fractional and interim leadership when the work is real and the search is slow.

08

Digital Customer Experience

The end-to-end journey — brand, product, service — treated as a single system.

§ 03Transformation stages

How strategy moves forward.

No transformation surprise. Each stage produces something concrete — a working artifact, not a status update.

T-0

Diagnose

Interviews, artifact review, honest read.

T-1

Frame

One page of direction. Owners, sequence, tradeoffs.

T-2

Prototype

Working artifacts — workflows, prototypes, decision logs.

T-3

Ship

Handoff, coaching, or fractional leadership until it holds.

§ 04Engagements

Five ways to start.

Each engagement ends in a working artifact — a plan, a workflow, a rebuilt operating model, a shipped prototype, or ongoing fractional leadership.

012–3 week sprint

AI Strategy Sprint

For

Executive teams that need an AI direction they can defend and execute fast.

What you get

  • Prioritized AI opportunity map tied to real workflows
  • Build, buy, or wait decision framework
  • 90-day execution plan with owners and sequencing
023–4 weeks

Product & AI Operating Model Assessment

For

Leaders who suspect the org chart, decision model, or delivery system is the bottleneck.

What you get

  • Read on how product, tech, and AI decisions get made today
  • Gap analysis against an AI-native operating model
  • Practical redesign sequenced for minimal disruption
03Half or full day

Executive AI Workshop

For

Leadership teams that need shared AI fluency before shared AI decisions.

What you get

  • Session built around your industry and real use cases
  • Hands-on time with AI tools and workflow examples
  • Shared vocabulary and decision framework
042–4 week sprint

AI Workflow / Agent Sprint

For

Teams ready to move one real workflow from manual to AI-assisted.

What you get

  • One high-value workflow selected, redesigned, and rebuilt with AI in the loop
  • A working implementation your team can run
  • Documentation and handoff so it survives
05Retained, quarterly minimum

Fractional Product & AI Leadership

For

Companies that need senior product and AI leadership without the full-time search.

What you get

  • Product strategy, AI roadmap, and delivery leadership in one lane
  • Executive-level support for prioritization and governance
  • Team coaching, decision support, and execution accountability

Advisory · start here

Clarity before complexity. Then delivery.

First conversation is free. Slideware is not available at any price.

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