A procurement-grade template that converts a vague AI ambition ("we should automate sales pipeline handover") into a document a serious vendor can quote against. Twelve sections covering business goal, target outcome, in-scope/out-of-scope, existing system inventory, integration points, data inventory, acceptance criteria, T-shirt-sized cost, and procurement timeline. Free download. CC0. The brief itself is what J Labs produces alongside you in a four-day Spec engagement.
This piece is being expanded into a full long-form article in the coming weeks. We publish each insight once the engagement it draws from has settled enough that we can name the trade-offs honestly — not while a pattern is still proving itself in production.
Field notes ship when the engagement they came from has stopped surprising us, not before.
Want the long-form version when it lands? Or want to skip ahead and talk through the same questions for your own company?