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The BlackOrchid Assessment

One to two weeks to understand how your business wins, serves and delivers, and where better systems will make the greatest difference.

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Duration

One to two weeks

Investment

From $2,500

Credit

In full, within 60 days

You keep

The written plan

What we examine

We start with what works

The point is not to find what is broken. It is to see where the business is strongest, and where better systems would let it do more of that.

01

How you win customers

Where your best clients come from, how quickly they hear from you, and what happens next.

02

How you serve them

Booking, onboarding, client updates and support.

03

How the work gets done

Project management, scheduling and the hand-offs between teams.

04

How the back office runs

Billing, finance, HR, documents and admin.

05

How you keep score

The numbers leadership relies on, and the effort it takes to produce them.

06

Your tools, data and risk

What connects to what, and who or what can reach your data.

What you receive

A plan you own

Written for your leadership team, in plain language, with the numbers behind every recommendation.

A map of how the business runs

How customers find you, buy and are served, and how work moves behind the scenes

Opportunities, ranked

By value, effort and risk, each with estimated cost and payback

What to leave alone

The parts that already work, and why

A 90-day roadmap

What to do first, second and third

A leadership walkthrough

Findings and priorities, in one session

How it runs

Four steps, two weeks

01

Introductory call

Thirty minutes to agree scope and the right option.

02

Interviews

Leadership and team, plus read-only access to the tools that matter.

03

Analysis

Process, systems, numbers and risk, across the areas in scope.

04

Walkthrough

Findings, priorities and the roadmap, with your leadership team.

Options and investment

Two ways to start

Focused

$2,500

About one week

Scope

One area: customer intake, the back office, project delivery or growth

Interviews

Leadership plus two team members

Full

$5,000

About two weeks

Scope

All six areas, across the whole business

Interviews

Leadership plus four team members

The fee is credited in full against implementation if you engage us within 60 days.

Questions

Frequently asked

Why pay for an assessment?

Because a free one is a sales call. A paid one is real work on your business, and you keep the plan.

Is it only about sales and marketing?

No. We look at the whole business: customer-facing systems, the back office, project management and delivery, reporting and security.

What do you need from us?

A few hours of your time and your team's for interviews, and read-only access to the tools that matter.

Do we have to hire you to build it?

No. The plan is yours to use with your own team or anyone else.

Who owns what you build?

You do. It lives in your accounts and it is documented.

Is our data safe?

Security is where we come from. We look at the minimum we need, and tell you what your current tools can already see.

Book your assessment.

Start with a 30-minute introductory call to agree the scope.

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