Gen AI on Azure: 10-Day Open AI Prototype & Proof of Value

Build an OpenAI prototype on Azure in 10 days with Ascent.

Getting started: On an introductory call that typically lasts no more than 2 hours, we take your key stakeholders through an OpenAI overview geared to your level of experience and expertise, covering key concepts and capabilities, adoption/ deployment models, Responsible AI frameworks and common use cases. Together, we explore generative AI’s applicability to your business and explain our approach to proving value and building strong businesses cases.

1 Day Design Workshop: Delivered as a full day workshop or split over two days, we help you ideate and evaluate OpenAI use cases based on our experience and a decision framework that balances impact, complexity, risk, ethical considerations and ROI. We will also advise on funding eligibility from Microsoft for the Build & Prove phase.

GOAL: Identify the most valuable, viable use case to take into the prototype Build & Prove phase.

TAKEAWAYS:

• An understanding of Generative AI and OpenAI concepts and capabilities
• Exposure to key use cases in your industry and the design process to inspire your teams
• A list of prioritised, scored candidate use cases for future exploration
• A plan for the Build & Prove phase with clear deliverables, prerequisites and defined responsibilities
• Guidance on your eligibility for Microsoft funding

10 Day Build & Prove Engineering Sprint: We rapidly bring your selected use case to life, leveraging our reference architectures and accelerators to get a functional prototype into your stakeholders’ hands as quickly as possible. We iterate with your team daily, culminating in a presentation and final demo on Day 10, accompanied by a validated business case and a clear, costed onward roadmap to production.

GOAL: Rapidly iterate on your identified priority use case to build a working prototype for validation.

TAKEAWAYS:

• A product prototype ready for use, deployed on Azure environment
• Documented prototype design and architecture
• A validated business case ready to share with your stakeholders
• A high-level costed roadmap for taking the prototype into full production in 60 days

Optional Next Step: Production MVP If required, we take your prototype to production, providing ongoing thought and process leadership as we incrementally optimise the solution/ use case fit through close collaboration. We establish and answer governance and compliance requirements, implementing Dev, Test and Prod automation to support release management. We work closely with you to enable end users, ensuring your investment is embedded and adopted effectively to rapidly release value.