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AI, data and governance consulting · Latin America

How we work

Three models answer three different questions: where the organisation is and what comes next, how every project runs, and what maturity level governance is at. They do not mix, which is why each has its own drawing.

Three models, three questions

Confusing them leads to taking a journey stage for a project phase, or reading a maturity level as if it were a deliverable.

Where is the organisation, and what comes next?

The implementation journey

Six stages, from understanding the AI already in use to monitoring and scaling. Each one answers a question and leaves something in place. It is not a compulsory process: each organisation comes in at the stage it is at.

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  1. 01 Understand Recognise the starting point.
  2. 02 Assess Know where you stand.
  3. 03 Prioritise Turn the assessment into decisions and a roadmap.
  4. 04 Govern Build policies, accountability and controls.
  5. 05 Operationalise Turn governance into organisational execution.
  6. 06 Monitor and scale Maintain control as AI adoption evolves.

How does every project run?

AGORA Delivery Framework

Five phases, each with a central question, and independent review when moving from one to the next. It is how any project is carried out, whatever the solution.

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  1. QualifyShould this engagement happen?
  2. DiscoverWhat is the real problem?
  3. DesignWhat is the executable plan?
  4. DeliverIs the solution producing the intended outcome?
  5. SustainIs the value holding?

What level is the organisation at?

Governance maturity

Four levels, from informal use to auditable operation. They describe the state of capabilities: they are not project stages, nor something you engage.

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  • G0Informal
  • G1Defined
  • G2Managed
  • G3Optimised

The tool of the work

The AGORA platform

When the scope includes it, the work is organised in the AGORA platform: the AI system inventory, its risk, impact assessments, controls with their evidence and incidents. It is not sold separately.

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The entry point depends on context

You do not have to go through the six stages from the start. An organisation with systems already in production can come in at Govern or Operationalise; one that is just exploring usually starts by understanding and assessing. And while Govern is one of the six stages, governance is not an administrative closing step: its dimensions cross every phase of delivery.

Ways of working together

Implementation direction

AGORA leads the work alongside the client's teams and vendors, taking responsibility for method, prioritisation and verification of deliverables.

  • AGORA: direction, methodological judgement, deliverable control and the relationship with client leadership.
  • Client: decisions, team assignment, access to information and policy approval.
  • Vendors: technical execution within the scope contracted by the client.

Premium engagement

For contexts that require more depth, the team is extended with specialists in data governance, risk and audit. Their participation is defined by scope in each agreement.

  • Which profiles take part, and at which points, is defined in writing.
  • Permanent availability of any particular individual is not guaranteed.
  • We do not publish the names or employers of the professionals on the team.

What we don't do

  • We do not build the entirety of technical solutions in-house: we direct their implementation.
  • We do not issue certifications or third-party audits.
  • We do not sell closed packages that force going through the six stages of the journey consecutively.
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