N 01°Engagement · 01

The AI Readiness Audit.

Two weeks. Fixed scope. A written go or no-go on voice AI for your contact center.

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It is the right starting point for almost every client. We run it before any technology decision, because most failed voice AI rollouts trace back to skipping exactly this step.

An AI Readiness Audit is a two-week, fixed-scope assessment that tells you whether voice AI fits your contact center, where it fits, and where it will fail, before you select a vendor or build a pilot. It is the right starting point for almost every client. We run it before any technology decision, because most failed voice AI rollouts trace back to skipping exactly this step.

N 01°Why it exists

Calibrate on what “working” means before a dollar goes to technology.

Vendors define success as “the call completed.” Operations defines it as everything that happens after.

Operations defines success as “the customer did not escalate, did not churn, and did not tie up a human agent for cleanup.” The Audit calibrates everyone on what working actually means for your operation before a dollar goes toward technology.

N 02°The two weeks

What we do in the two weeks.

We run structured interviews with operations, IT, compliance, and CX leadership. We map your current call taxonomy: what calls happen, how often, how they resolve, and what they cost. We identify the three to five call types where voice AI has the highest probability of success and the lowest probability of catastrophic failure. Then we tell you, in writing, whether to proceed.

N 03°Deliverables

What your team owns at the end.

  • Call taxonomy and volume analysis
  • Top three to five use case ranking with a risk register
  • Vendor landscape brief, scoped to your operation
  • Go or no-go recommendation, in writing
  • One readout to your leadership team
Duration
Two weeks
Scope
Fixed
Fee
Fixed
Deliverable
Written report and executive readout
N 04°Who it is for

Right if you have not committed to a platform yet.

The Audit is right for operations or CX leaders with executive sponsorship for voice AI and a vendor decision in the next six months. It is the right place to start if you have not committed yet. If you have already selected a vendor and need a structured pilot instead, the Voice AI Pilot Sprint is the better entry point.

N 05°What happens next

A clear recommendation, either way.

The Audit ends with a clear recommendation. If it is a go, the natural next step is a Voice AI Pilot Sprint that turns the decision into a working, instrumented pilot. If it is a no-go, you have saved a rollout’s worth of cost and credibility, which is itself a result worth the two weeks.

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N 01°FAQ

Questions, answered.

What is an AI readiness audit for a contact center?

An AI readiness audit is a fixed-scope assessment that determines whether voice AI fits a contact center’s operation, which call types it fits, and where it is likely to fail. A ProofNorth AI Readiness Audit takes two weeks and ends in a written go or no-go recommendation.

How long does an AI readiness audit take?

A ProofNorth AI Readiness Audit takes two weeks and delivers a written report plus one executive readout to your leadership team.

What does an AI readiness audit cost?

A ProofNorth AI Readiness Audit is a fixed-scope, fixed-fee engagement, typically $8,000 to $12,000.

What do you deliver in an AI readiness audit?

A ProofNorth AI Readiness Audit delivers a call taxonomy and volume analysis, a ranked list of the top three to five voice AI use cases with a risk register, a vendor landscape brief scoped to your operation, and a written go or no-go recommendation presented to your leadership team.

Who should get an AI readiness audit?

An AI readiness audit is right for operations or CX leaders with executive sponsorship for voice AI and a vendor decision in the next six months, especially those who have not yet committed to a platform.

What is the difference between an AI readiness audit and a pilot?

An AI readiness audit decides whether and where voice AI fits before any vendor is chosen, while a pilot builds and tests a working voice AI system against a selected vendor. ProofNorth treats the audit as the prerequisite to the pilot.

N 01°Definitions
Call taxonomy
A structured map of the call types a contact center handles, how often each occurs, how it resolves, and what it costs, used to identify where voice AI fits.
Risk register
A documented list of the ways a given voice AI use case could fail in production, ranked by likelihood and impact.
Go or no-go recommendation
A written, evidence-based decision on whether a contact center should proceed with voice AI, and for which use cases.
N 44°56′ Next Step

The audit is two weeks. The decision is yours.

Two-week AI Readiness Audit. Fixed scope, fixed fee, written deliverables your team owns.

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