Three phases. One initiative at a time. Authority defined before code is written.
01

Discovery

Week 1-2

We research your organization before our first conversation. Then we interview 5-8 stakeholders across functions to understand how decisions flow. We map every decision: who makes it today, what triggers it, what happens when it's wrong.

Output: Complete decision inventory with ownership gaps identified and exposure quantified.
02

Authority Design

Week 2-4

For every decision in the initiative, we define: who owns it, what limits apply, what triggers escalation, what conditions require a full stop, and what must never be automated. We make ownership explicit. Not implied. Not assumed.

Output: Decision ownership matrices, escalation paths, stop conditions, "Do Not Automate" designations.
03

Validation & Delivery

Week 4-6

We validate the authority framework with your leadership and the people who will live inside it. We deliver board-ready documentation your executives can present and engineer-ready specs your team can build from.

Output: Board-ready executive summary, engineer-ready technical specs, governance framework, ownership transfer to your team.
What we define for every decision we map.

These aren't abstract governance principles. They're operational specifications that tell your team exactly how decisions work when automation is running.

Decision Authority

Who owns the decision

Named ownership for every automated decision. Not a department, a person with clear accountability.

Approval Thresholds

What limits apply

The boundaries within which automation can execute without human review. Dollar amounts, risk levels, exception types. Every threshold is defined.

Escalation Paths

When to elevate

What triggers escalation, who receives it, how fast they must respond. No decision falls through the cracks because nobody was designated.

Stop / Pause Authority

When to halt execution

Conditions under which automation must stop entirely. Who has override control. What happens during the pause. How it restarts.

Finality Controls

Irreversible decision limits

Decisions that commit capital, change contracts, or create compliance exposure require specific human authorization before execution. These are identified and protected.

Do Not Automate

What requires human judgment

Decisions where automation creates more risk than value: relationship-sensitive, regulatory, strategic, or reputational. Flagged explicitly with reasoning.

// Our Role
We are architects, not builders. We define the blueprint: who decides what, within what limits, with what authority. Your team builds the automation. We make sure it knows its limits.
This is why we deliver in weeks what traditional firms take months to produce.

Our Decision Governance Platform powers every engagement. It captures decisions in real time as interviews happen, maps decision relationships across your organization, and generates both board-ready and engineer-ready deliverables automatically.

You see progress as it happens, not in monthly status calls. Your leadership team and your engineering team work from the same source of truth. And the output is consistent every time, because the platform enforces the methodology.

The platform is not available for purchase or licensing. It's proprietary to Mesa Point: the infrastructure that makes our methodology repeatable, rigorous, and fast.

We walk through the platform live on every discovery call.

Real-Time Capture

Decisions mapped as interviews happen. No waiting for reports or status updates.

Live Dashboards

Leadership sees progress, gaps, and risk in real time throughout the engagement.

Dual Outputs

Board summaries and engineering specs generated from one source of truth.

Consistent Method

Same rigor on every engagement. No variance between projects or consultants.

We hand you the blueprint. Your team builds from it.

When the engagement is complete, governance transfers to your designated executives. Your engineering team has the specs they need to build. Your leadership has the governance framework they need to oversee.

We don't implement. We don't manage ongoing operations. We don't create dependency. Implementation, operation, and ongoing governance remain with your organization, where they belong.

Your Board Gets

Executive summary with risk assessment, governance framework overview, and governance recommendations they can present with confidence.

Your Engineers Get

Decision logic, approval thresholds, escalation routing, integration requirements, and test criteria. Everything they need to build it right.

Your Executives Get

Named owners, defined limits, clear accountability. No ambiguity about who decides what when automation is running.

// Start Here
We'll show you where automation creates value — and where it creates risk.

Start with a 30-minute discovery call or a $5K Discovery Sprint. See the methodology, the platform, and the value before committing to full scope.

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Or start with a $5K Discovery Sprint, one week, credited toward any engagement.