One function. The whole method. Handed back in 100 days.
A fixed-scope sprint that takes one function or process, in one company or across several, through the full method: waste out, function consolidated, remaining work automated or agentified, changes built and embedded with the team, and the enhanced operating model handed back to its owners with the evidence.
The Sprint runs steps 2 to 6 of the method on one function, using the map from step 1.
A Sprint is how the map becomes a leaner operating model. We embed one OperAlpha lead and one associate with the company team for 100 days on one function chosen from the Diagnostic: order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, finance close and reporting, HR and onboarding, customer service, compliance, or a production or service process. We take the waste out first, consolidate the function across companies where it repeats, automate or agentify the remaining activities with approvals and controls designed in, build and embed the changes with the team, and hand the operating model back to the accountable owner. The initiative is in the Ledger from day one and the outcome is evidenced against the day-10 baseline.
- A named cost-out and automation outcome and a measured baseline agreed at day 10 and approved by the board or the sponsor
- Waste eliminated and the function consolidated where it repeats across companies, with one standard and one owner
- The remaining activities automated or agentified, built with the company team on a weekly cadence, with controls and approvals designed in
- A day-100 evidence pack: baseline, approvals, delivered run-rate, source data, and the entry in the valuation bridge
- The enhanced operating model handed back to the accountable owners with a playbook, trained people and the updated PinpointProof map
A fixed rhythm, agreed up front.
Baseline and approve
Confirm the function and its map, measure the baseline cost, agree the named outcome and record the approval at the gate.
Eliminate and consolidate
Waste out first. Where the function repeats across companies, design and stand up the shared service or the single standard.
Automate and embed
Build the automation and agent cases, run them in live operation against the baseline, train the owners.
Hand back
Evidence pack presented to the sponsor and the board; operating model handed to its owners; the next function identified.
Who it suits, and where another route serves better.
A good fit when
A function has a clear cost-out or consolidation case from the Diagnostic and a leadership team with the bandwidth to work alongside us for 100 days. Sprints work particularly well where the same function repeats across several portfolio companies and the sponsor wants one standard applied everywhere.
Consider another route when
The function is not yet mapped or costed, in which case the Diagnostic will find the right one, or the company needs a multi-year transformation programme, where a larger consultancy may be the better partner. We will tell you either way in the first conversation.
Pricing is confirmed after the Diagnostic or a scoping call, and depends on the function, the number of companies it spans and the automation scope. Sponsors running three or more Sprints in a year receive portfolio pricing.
Which functions can a Sprint cover?+
Order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, finance close and reporting, HR and onboarding, customer service, compliance and regulatory reporting, and production or service delivery processes. Each has a standard playbook adapted to the company, and the same playbook is reused across the portfolio.
What does "agentify" mean in practice?+
Where an activity is rule-based with structured inputs, an AI agent takes it on end to end, with a human approval gate wherever judgement or risk sits. Invoice matching, supplier onboarding checks, first-line customer queries and regulatory report assembly are typical first cases.
What if the outcome is not achieved?+
It is recorded as unproven in the Ledger with the reasons, and the evidence pack still shows the baseline, the approvals and what was delivered. The success component is only earned when the outcome is evidenced.
Take one function through the method.
Book a call and bring one function. We will outline the baseline, the gates and what the day-100 evidence pack would contain.