The ARYS Stack Assessment

Know your stack. Know where to start.

Most technology investments stall because nobody has a clear, unbiased picture of what’s working, what’s broken, and what to fix first. The Stack Assessment gives you that picture — in 21 days.

21
Days from kickoff
to final readout
3
Assessment types: technology,
data, or combined
3–4
Deliverables including
board-ready executive summary
Fixed
Price agreed at engagement
start, no hourly billing
What you’ll know

Three things most organizations can’t answer right now.

Not because the information doesn’t exist — because nobody has put it together in one place and prioritized it.

Where your money is actually going

A complete map of every tool, subscription, and integration against what it is actually delivering. Most organizations find 20–30% of their technology spend is redundant, unused, or underutilized.

What’s broken and why

Root-cause analysis of every data gap, pipeline failure, integration break, and capability hole in your current state. Not symptoms — sources. Every problem traced to where it actually starts.

Exactly what to fix first

A prioritized, scored action plan built around your actual capacity and constraints. Every recommendation ranked by business impact and implementation effort — no ambiguity about where to start.

Assessment types

Technology, data, or both.

Choose the type that matches your primary concern. Each is a 21-day engagement at a fixed price, delivered with the same three-week process and board-ready output.

How it runs

Three weeks, no disruption.

The assessment runs in parallel to your operations. No systems accessed, no staff seconded, no work disrupted.

Week 1

Discovery

Kickoff call, stakeholder interviews, system and data inventory, contract and documentation collection.

  • Kickoff call (90 min)
  • 2–3 stakeholder interviews (30 min each)
  • System and data source inventory
  • Contract and spend data collection
Week 2

Analysis

Everything scored against your business requirements. Findings prioritized by impact, effort, and cost. Cross-track dependencies mapped (combined only).

  • System and data scoring
  • Technical debt and quality risk mapping
  • Spend and redundancy analysis
  • Roadmap sequencing
Week 3

Readout

All deliverables delivered. 90-minute readout call. The executive summary is board-ready from the moment you receive it.

  • All deliverables delivered
  • Readout call with leadership (90 min)
  • Q&A and next-step discussion
  • 30-day follow-up window
What you receive

Not a slide deck. Working documents.

Every assessment deliverable is written for a specific audience and designed to be used immediately — by your team, your board, or your next vendor conversation.

01

Executive Summary

Two to four pages, board-ready from delivery. Headline risks, top three recommendations, investment range to address them. Suitable for board and committee presentation.

02

Findings Report

The full picture for IT and operations leadership. Every system or data source assessed, every gap documented, technical debt and quality issues mapped by business severity.

03

Prioritized Roadmap

A sequenced action plan ordered by impact, effort, and cost. Quick wins callable in 90 days, 12-month priorities, and 3-year horizon items. Cost range per action.

The Combined Assessment adds a fourth deliverable: an integrated executive summary that shows how technology and data risks compound each other — and the sequenced investment case that addresses both.

Who gets the most value

Any organization at an inflection point.

The assessment is most valuable when a major decision is on the table and leadership needs a clear, external, unbiased read before committing.

Pre-platform decision

Before committing to an AMS replacement, ERP migration, or major platform investment. The assessment tells you what requirements should drive the selection — before the vendor conversation starts.

Common find: selection criteria that would have locked in the wrong platform

Post-implementation reality check

The system went live, but the promised outcomes haven’t materialized. The assessment finds out why — and what it will take to close the gap.

Common find: implementation gaps that vendors rarely surface proactively

New CTO or IT leadership

A new technology leader needs a rapid, credible current-state picture before recommending a direction. The assessment is the fastest path to that picture.

Common find: inherited decisions with no documentation of why they were made

Leadership asking about AI

The board wants a roadmap for AI adoption. The assessment tells you whether the technology and data foundation is actually there to support it — and what needs to change first.

Common find: AI use cases blocked by data gaps, not by technology

Three weeks to complete clarity.

Tell us about your situation and we’ll scope the right assessment. Most engagements begin within two weeks of the initial conversation.