Independent AI scoping & Minimal Viable Agents

Prioritise and validate scattered AI initiatives before you invest in capabilities that won't create value.

ScopeRight helps central teams across portfolios, operating companies and business units govern, scope and mobilise AI opportunities. We turn scattered initiatives into validated use cases and decision-ready scopes — then bring together the right independent technology and delivery partners to deploy, configure or build.

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Your Chief AI Officer. Without hiring one.

1

Govern

prioritise the right problems

2

Scope

design and validate the workflow

3

Mobilise

deploy, configure or build

AI value creation for private equity

Latest insight

Private equity's AI problem isn't lack of action. It's lack of structure.

Most private equity firms are not sitting still on AI — quite the opposite. Copilots, pilots, platforms, vendors: dozens of disconnected experiments across the portfolio. What's missing is one shared system for deciding where AI creates value, and where it doesn't.

The real question is no longer “should we do AI?” — it's “how do we decide?”

The honest check

Do you have an AI scoping problem?

Tick what feels familiar. If two or more land, you don't need another tool demo. You need a sharper scope.

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Our point of view

Scope before solution. Evidence before scale.

AI is a means, not a goal. Our method protects that order in three capabilities: govern which problems deserve investment, scope how the workflow should actually work, and mobilise the fastest defensible route to value.

1

Govern

Cut the noise: prioritise initiatives on strategic value, feasibility and reuse — with owners and kill criteria before anything launches.

2

Scope

Move from abstract use cases to concrete operational design of how work, decisions and judgement flow between humans and AI.

3

Mobilise

Choose the implementation path on evidence — deploy a proven solution, configure specialist technology from our ecosystem, or build custom when the workflow requires it — and execute it.

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What is a Minimal Viable Agent?

A Minimal Viable Agent is the smallest working AI-enabled workflow that can prove technical feasibility, user adoption and business value before a larger implementation.

An MVA is not

  • a generic chatbot demo
  • a disconnected technical proof of concept
  • a production-scale implementation
  • a pilot without success and kill criteria

Implementation

Already invested in Microsoft, Salesforce or SAP? Start there.

Before adding another AI platform, we assess what your existing stack can do — and where to extend, buy or build.

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Use what works

Native platform

Extend where needed

Data, workflow & integration

Buy if better

Specialist solution

Build what differentiates

Your own capability

Explore AI on your existing stack

Already have an implementation partner? We work with them.

Not sure which route? Validate it first with an MVA

What we do

One decision journey — from scattered AI initiatives to evidence-backed implementation.

Common workflows

Where teams are already putting AI to work.

Start with a concrete workflow — then use the simplest technology that gets it working.

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Team

A multi-disciplinary senior team — not just senior oversight.

ScopeRight combines senior domain expertise with hands-on product and engineering capability. We can run a focused validation sprint, deploy specialist technology or assemble a senior technical team for complex custom delivery — without separating strategic advice from the people responsible for making it work.

Frideric Pétré

Frideric Pétré

Partner

Experienced AI-first SaaS founder and former consultant, bridging boardroom strategy, product thinking and partner-led execution.

Ivan Suarez

Ivan Suarez

Partner

Technology leader with international CTO experience, helping companies separate feasible AI opportunities from costly technical noise.

Laurent Vanduynhoven

Laurent Vanduynhoven

Associate Partner

Strategy and execution leader with enterprise product experience, helping organizations translate AI opportunities into focused scopes, practical adoption paths and business value.

Theo Slaats

Theo Slaats

Associate Partner

Seasoned digital transformation leader and former consulting partner, CIO and CTO. Theo led large-scale CRM and digital programs and, across multiple technology disruption cycles, helped leadership teams turn AI ambition into focused, scalable execution. He spent over a decade in CIO and CTO roles at Deloitte.

Pieter-Jan “PJ” Vrancken

Pieter-Jan “PJ” Vrancken

Engagement Partner

Enterprise sales leader and entrepreneur with a strong IT background and experience navigating complex service organisations across Europe and the US. PJ leads client conversations, uncovers the business and technical context, and connects each engagement with the right expertise and delivery partners.

Extended around each engagement as required

Delivery Partners

Senior specialists and delivery teams we bring into engagements when the scope requires additional strategy, domain, engineering, implementation or adoption capability.

PE Value Creation

Private Equity & Technology Value Creation

Senior technology and innovation leader with 20+ years across digital product, corporate innovation and PE-backed transformation. Supports private equity firms and portfolio companies on AI opportunity prioritisation, technology benchmarking, post-acquisition execution and operational value creation.

Strategy & Transformation

Top-tier strategy & transformation leaders

Senior practitioners with backgrounds at McKinsey, Bain, BCG and other leading strategy and transformation firms.

FDE

Forward deployed engineering teams

AI-native engineering teams working close to the business to turn validated workflows into production capability.

Technology Partners

Specialist products, platforms and infrastructure we can evaluate, configure and combine when they are the best fit for the validated scope.

Agent Platform

Agent orchestration platform

Technology for designing and operating coordinated AI agents across workflows, tools and systems.

Automation

Configurable automation platform

Composable automation connecting AI, applications, APIs and operational workflows.

AI Governance

AI deployment & governance platform

Infrastructure for deploying, monitoring and governing AI systems with enterprise controls.

A curated network, not a fixed roster.

The partners shown are a selection from a broader and evolving network. We assemble the right expertise and technology around each validated scope.

From ecosystem strategy to scoped AI delivery.

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Core offer

The ScopeRight Workshop

A structured process to prioritise the right AI opportunities, define what must be validated, and set up the build, buy or partner decision.

Starting from

€5,000

Fixed fee. No surprises.

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  1. Strategic intake

    Understand goals, constraints, urgency, internal capabilities, and the real business context behind the AI ambition.

  2. Opportunity structuring

    Bring every idea to the same level of detail — workflow, owner, value hypothesis — so opportunities become genuinely comparable.

  3. Prioritisation

    Score each use case on strategic relevance, business value, technical feasibility, data readiness, process impact, user adoption, risk, speed to evidence and scalability.

  4. Kill criteria & validation plan

    Define upfront what evidence each initiative must produce, when it would be stopped, and what the smallest useful validation looks like — often a Minimal Viable Agent brief.

  5. Build, buy or partner path

    Determine the delivery approach the scope actually needs — deploy a proven solution, configure specialist technology, build internally or bring in a specific partner type — before anyone talks to vendors.

  6. Decision-ready roadmap

    Walk away with a prioritised portfolio and an executable roadmap you can defend to your board — and take straight into validation and implementation.

What you get · Decision-ready output, not slideware.

Structured opportunity portfolioPrioritised use cases with clear ownersBusiness-value hypothesis and KPI per use caseFeasibility and data-readiness assessmentDependencies and adoption implicationsKill criteria per initiative
Recommended validation approachMVA brief where appropriateBuild, buy or partner decision pathPartner-fit criteriaExecutable roadmap

Process

A modular process. Pick one step, or run them all.

Standalone services, from first contact to a working implementation. Each step is a complete engagement that delivers on its own — start wherever you are, and combine them into one clear path when it helps.

  1. Free intake

    Free · 30 minutes

    A short call to understand the context, the urgency, and whether ScopeRight is the right fit. No commitment, no sales script.

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  2. Scoping workshop

    1–2 weeks

    The full scoping workshop, delivered end to end. You leave with a structured opportunity portfolio, prioritised use cases with owners and kill criteria, a recommended validation approach, a build, buy or partner decision path, and a roadmap your board can defend.

    Prioritise AI use cases through a Scoping Workshop
  3. Minimal Viable Agent (MVA) Sprint

    1–2 weeks

    Build or coordinate a focused prototype to validate the assumption that matters most. You get proven technical feasibility, a business-value test on real workflows, a vendor-neutral go/no-go, and a prototype to build on — not an over-built v1. A Minimal Viable Agent is the smallest useful AI agent that proves the workflow, data needs, human review points, and business value before you scale.

    Validate a use case with a Minimal Viable Agent
  4. Partner Matching

    1–2 weeks

    Find the partner type your scope actually needs. You get matches by business outcome, technical fit, and budget logic, a transparent shortlist, warm introductions, and reduced lock-in and maintenance risk.

    Compare AI implementation partners
  5. Proposal Review

    1 week

    An independent second opinion before you sign. You get a side-by-side comparison of vendor assumptions, flags on over- and under-scoping, hidden integration, data, and maintenance risks surfaced, and a check against your business goal.

    Review an AI vendor proposal
  6. AI Implementation

    Depends on scope

    Take the validated scope into operation through the delivery model that fits: deploy a proven solution, configure and integrate specialist technology, or build custom with senior product and engineering capability — with First 90 Days oversight protecting the scope as delivery starts.

FAQ

Straight answers, no buzzwords.

If a question isn't here, ask us during the free intake. We'd rather be honest than vague.

What is a Minimal Viable Agent (MVA)?

A Minimal Viable Agent is the smallest useful AI agent that proves one workflow end to end — the data it needs, the human review points, and the business value — before you scale. One job, done well enough to make a build/buy/partner decision with evidence instead of opinion.

What's the difference between an AI pilot and a Minimal Viable Agent?

A pilot usually tests whether the technology works. An MVA tests whether a scoped workflow creates real business value and can be operated by real people. Many pilots impress in a demo and never scale, because they were never scoped against an owner, a metric, or a production workflow.

What is Outside-in Scan?

A focused external benchmark for one business domain. Internal teams naturally start from the processes and technologies they already know — which creates blind spots. We run a structured intake with your domain experts, benchmark relevant AI developments outside your field of view (peers, adjacent industries, AI-native organisations), and deliver a blind-spot and opportunity report with a prioritised shortlist: what to explore, accelerate, reconsider or stop.

What does ScopeRight actually do?

ScopeRight is an independent AI scoping and validation partner. We help leadership teams prioritise which AI opportunities to pursue, validate the strongest ones through Minimal Viable Agents, and make a defensible implementation decision before significant budget is committed. Once a use case is validated, we can take it into operation: deploy a proven solution, configure specialist technology from our ecosystem, or build custom.

Do you work with private-equity firms and portfolio companies?

Yes. Operating partners and value-creation teams use ScopeRight to create a common AI decision system across portfolio companies: one prioritisation methodology, comparable business cases, kill criteria, and validated use cases — with reusable capability identified across the portfolio and execution kept company-specific where it matters. See our dedicated page on AI value creation for private equity.

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Are you an AI agency?

No. Agencies typically start from implementation. ScopeRight starts one decision earlier: which problem is worth solving, what the workflow should be, what evidence is needed before scaling and which implementation model makes sense. Once that is clear, we can deploy, integrate or build the solution — but implementation follows the scope, not the other way around.

Do you build the solution yourselves?

Yes, when custom delivery is the right implementation path. ScopeRight combines senior product and engineering capability with a specialist delivery network, so we can build focused solutions directly, assemble the right technical team for larger implementations, or deploy proven technology when building from scratch would add no value. The implementation model follows the scope.

How independent are your partner recommendations?

Recommendations start from your business objective, not from a preferred vendor. In some engagements we may receive a referral or success fee from partners, but the shortlist is always fit-based and transparent.

What kind of companies do you work with?

Mid-market and larger companies — leadership, GTM, product, and innovation teams that have budget and ambition but need clarity before they commit.

What is FDE?

Forward Deployed Engineering: senior engineers embedded with your team to ship production AI. Faster than traditional consulting, more accountable than freelance work. Best when scope is clear and stakes are high.

What happens after the workshop?

You walk away with an implementation-ready scope brief your leadership team understands — plus a recommended validation direction, implementation path or partner shortlist. We can stay involved through validation and delivery, or step out entirely.

Can you review proposals we already received?

Yes. We compare scope, budget logic, and assumptions side by side and flag overengineering, under-scoping, and hidden risks — so you can walk into the negotiation with clarity.

How much does it cost?

Free intake at €0. Scope Workshop from €5,000. Minimal Viable Agent Sprint from €12,500. Partner Matching from €7,500. Implementation is custom: it is priced once the validated scope, architecture and delivery model are known.

Do you work with internal teams?

Yes. We are designed to make your internal team's next decision easier — not to replace them. Many engagements start because internal teams want a sharper scope before they go to procurement.

What if we do not know our use case yet?

That is the most common starting point. The workshop is built for exactly this: translating broad AI ambition into a concrete, prioritised, validated use case.

Do we need clean data before starting?

No. Part of the scoping work is assessing what data and integrations are realistic for v1. We help you decide what is good enough to start and what can wait.

Can you help with GTM, sales, marketing, and product use cases?

Yes. These are the most common starting points: lead qualification, proposal generation, CRM enrichment, marketing workflow automation, internal knowledge assistants, and product-led AI features.

Can you introduce implementation partners?

Yes. We maintain a vetted and growing network of FDE boutiques, AI agencies, product studios, automation specialists, freelancers, and vendors — and only recommend when there is a strong fit.

What do we get after the free intake?

A clear, honest read on whether your scope is workshop-ready, prototype-ready, or partner-ready — and what we recommend as the next concrete step.

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