Practical guides, frameworks and downloadable templates.
Curated content from Ekselens — short-form playbooks, lifecycle diagnostics and reference frameworks across transformation, AI adoption, supplier optimisation, delivery confidence and benefits realisation.
Building Software with AI - Executive Edition: Five decisions leadership must own
This is a nine-minute read for chief executives, CIOs, chief risk officers and their boards. It reduces the flagship paper to five decisions about AI-assisted software delivery, each framed so a leadership team can approve or reject it in one sitting. It ends with what you can commit to by the end of Q1 2027.
Ekselens_Insights_01_Executive_PDF.pdf · 34 KB
Insight
Building software with AI: How to earn speed without surrendering coherence, evidence or accountability
AI has made code almost free to produce. What has become expensive is coherence: architecture, data and accountable release that hold together. This flagship paper sets out ten principles for AI-assisted delivery, including the Software Quality Charter, independent review of AI-generated code and a Definition of Done based on user outcomes. It reflects the EU AI Act as amended in 2026.
A short pre-go-live readiness scorecard. Eight dimensions covering sponsorship, behavioural design, capability, friction and measurement — designed to surface adoption risk while there's still time to fix it.
A fillable A4 template for transformation programmes. Capture the benefit, owner, baseline, target, measurement method, dependencies and tracking cadence in one place — so benefits actually get realised, not just promised.
A short maturity snapshot for IT service management leaders. Six dimensions, four levels each. Useful for prioritising ITSM uplift investment and framing a CSI backlog you can actually deliver.
Ekselens-ITSM-Maturity-Snapshot.pdf · 31 KB
Checklist
Supplier Renewal Risk — 10-Point Audit Checklist
A working checklist for technology procurement, IT finance and CFO offices to surface renewal risk and avoidable cost in the supplier estate. Tick the boxes you can evidence today; the gaps are usually where 8–18% savings sit.
Ekselens-Supplier-Renewal-Risk-Audit.pdf · 19 KB
Diagnostic
PMO Health-Check — 7-Question Diagnostic
A 15-minute diagnostic for transformation directors and PMO leads. Score your PMO across seven dimensions — sponsorship, prioritisation, reporting cadence, decision-rights, RAID, capacity and assurance — and identify the highest-return interventions.
Ekselens-PMO-Health-Check.pdf · 33 KB
Diagnostic
AI Readiness — 5-Question Self-Assessment
A short, board-ready diagnostic for leaders considering AI adoption. Answer 5 questions across strategy, data, risk, workforce and value — then score yourself against the Ekselens readiness benchmark and use the suggested next actions to prepare a safe, practical, measurable pilot.
Ekselens-AI-Readiness-Self-Assessment.pdf · 33 KB
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