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AI Quality Audit

Quantify what AI drift is costing your organization. Walk away with dollar figures, failure mode mapping, and a phased fix plan.

One-time

1–3 weeks

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12–15%

AI False Signal Rate

How often AI claims completion but the output contains errors — the cost driver most teams can't see

3.7%

CEM Rework Rate

Measured across 10 production systems vs. the 20–40% industry standard

$390K

Sample Annual Drift Tax

20-person team, $75/hr loaded, 5 hrs/week rework — the math most teams haven't done

The Engagement

What this is

We classify every AI output against 6 documented failure modes, quantify what drift costs in rework hours and dollars, and map each failure to the corrective mechanism that fixes it.

How it works

Available as a focused diagnostic (single team, 5 days) or a full multi-department assessment with heat mapping and a 90-day roadmap.

What You Get

Drift Tax Audit Report

Failure mode breakdown with artifact-specific examples, severity classification, catch rates, and dollar-denominated cost estimates extrapolated to monthly and annual figures.

Drift Tax Heat Map

Department-by-department failure mode matrix showing instance counts and monthly dollar estimates per team. Available on full assessment scope.

CEM Mechanism Prescriptions

Each dominant failure mode mapped to the specific CEM mechanism that addresses it — Fabrication to Anchored Data, Overreach to Governor, Context Loss to Foundation — with implementation guidance.

90-Day Implementation Roadmap

Phased plan with 30/60/90-day milestones, named actions, and ROI projections at conservative and moderate Drift Tax reduction scenarios.

Delivery Call + Written Recommendation

Findings walkthrough with your leadership team and a written next-step recommendation within 24 hours.

What Gets Analyzed

Fabrication

Invented facts, data, or citations flagged across your artifact set. Frequency estimated, severity classified, and dollar cost per occurrence calculated from your team's loaded hourly rate.

Instruction Non-Compliance

Each artifact assessed for prompt adherence — did AI ignore scope, miss constraints, or change what was asked? Cross-team pattern analysis identifies which prompt types fail most often.

Context Loss

Identified when AI reversed earlier decisions or treated established context as new information. Mapped across workflows and session lengths to identify which workflows are most vulnerable.

Data Truncation

Flagged when AI silently shortened or dropped data. Frequency and rework hours calculated per team with annualized cost projection.

Autonomous Overreach

Detected when AI added unrequested content or expanded scope. Each instance categorized by severity and mapped to the Governor threshold that would have caught it.

Misdirection

The most expensive failure mode — AI presenting wrong output as correct with no warning signal. Root cause analysis and Recovery Chain configuration prescribed for detection before downstream damage.

Engagement Options

Focused Diagnostic

~1 week

3–5 artifacts from a single team. Identifies dominant failure modes and estimates monthly Drift Tax.

Deliverables 8–12 page audit report, 30-minute delivery call, written next-step recommendation.

Full Assessment

2–3 weeks

10–15 artifacts across multiple departments. Practitioner interviews. Department-level analysis.

Deliverables 15–25 page assessment with Drift Tax Heat Map, mechanism prescriptions, and 90-day implementation roadmap.

How It Works

Intake & Environment Mapping

1–3 days

We map your AI environment — which tools, which teams, which workflows, where rework is showing up. You provide AI output artifacts and we schedule practitioner interviews for full assessments.

Failure Mode Classification

3–8 days

Every artifact classified against the 6 failure modes: Fabrication, Instruction Non-Compliance, Context Loss, Data Truncation, Autonomous Overreach, and Misdirection. Each instance logged by type, severity, and estimated rework cost.

Report, Roadmap & Delivery

2–4 days

Written report with dollar costs, mechanism prescriptions, and implementation roadmap. Delivered via PDF with a walkthrough call and written follow-up within 24 hours.

Common Questions

What do I need to provide before the audit starts?

AI-generated work artifacts — the original prompt, what the AI produced, and the final version after human review. A focused diagnostic needs 3–5 examples from one team. A full assessment needs 10–15 across multiple departments. We need actual AI output, not descriptions of what AI did.

How do I know which scope is right for us?

If you want a quick read on whether you have a drift problem and roughly what it costs, the focused diagnostic is the right entry point. If you need department-level data, practitioner interviews, and a phased roadmap to justify a larger investment, the full assessment produces the business case.

What do we get at the end?

A written report with failure mode breakdown, dollar-denominated cost estimates, mechanism prescriptions, and a prioritized action plan. Full assessments add a Drift Tax Heat Map by department and a 90-day implementation roadmap with ROI projections.

How long does it take and what's the time commitment on our side?

The focused diagnostic runs over 5 business days — your involvement is a 60-minute intake call and a 30-minute delivery call. The full assessment runs over 10 business days and adds 3–5 practitioner interviews of 30 minutes each.

How is this different from a general AI consulting assessment?

Every discrepancy is classified against six documented failure modes and mapped to a specific corrective mechanism. The output is a dollar-denominated cost estimate tied to your actual artifacts — not general advice about using AI better.

Do we need to have done any prior CEM work?

No. The audit is designed as a diagnostic — it works as a standalone engagement and as the entry point for CEM adoption. If the findings are significant, the report tells you exactly what to do next. If your artifacts come back clean, the report says so.

Can we start with a diagnostic and expand to a full assessment later?

Yes. If you completed a diagnostic within the last 60 days, the full assessment builds on that foundation and broadens analysis across departments at a reduced scope since the initial artifact analysis is already done.