Transparent audit model
Agent ROI starts with paid workload—not hype.
The Shoris audit is a directional scoping model. It converts selected workload bands into an estimated range of team hours returned, values those hours using the chosen business context, and compares that operating value with a relevant setup-cost band. It is not a financial guarantee or a substitute for workflow discovery.
Method in plain language
How the directional estimate is assembled.
Estimate the existing workload
The audit uses the answer bands selected by the respondent rather than pretending to know exact operating data.
- Identify the repeated workload and current handling pattern
- Use ranges where precise time or volume is unavailable
- Keep human exception and approval effort visible
- Flag low-volume or judgment-heavy work as weaker fit
Estimate capacity returned
Only the automatable share of the selected workload contributes to the range. The model preserves uncertainty rather than presenting a single precise number.
- Apply workload-specific suitability assumptions
- Retain a low and high estimate
- Do not count all current effort as removable
- Treat returned hours as capacity—not automatic payroll savings
Value the operating capacity
Returned time is valued against the chosen business context and currency formatting in the audit.
- Use the relevant business and location branch
- Present an annual value range
- Keep revenue uplift outside the calculation unless evidenced separately
- Separate internal value from cash savings
Estimate setup-cost recovery
The model compares the annual capacity-value range with an appropriate setup-cost band to show a directional payback range.
- Use the applicable public deployment boundary
- Keep third-party and recurring costs separate
- Do not treat payback as an approval decision by itself
- Validate the result through a scoped workflow baseline
Buying model comparison
Directional audit versus verified business case.
The audit helps decide whether deeper discovery is justified; it does not replace it.
Inputs
Audit estimateSelected workload bands and business context.
Verified deployment caseObserved samples, system evidence, owners, and measured baseline.
Costs
Audit estimateRelevant setup-cost boundary for directional recovery.
Verified deployment caseFinal quote plus model, channel, infrastructure, support, and internal cost.
Risk
Audit estimateHigh-level suitability and guardrail questions.
Verified deployment casePermissions, failure paths, testing, retention, and acceptance criteria.
Decision
Audit estimateProceed to discovery, narrow scope, or stop.
Verified deployment caseApprove a defined deployment with accountable owners.
Interpretation guardrails
Use the estimate to ask better questions.
A credible result is one you can challenge, validate, and revise before signing a deployment.
Use the result for
- Prioritising workloads for deeper discovery
- Comparing operating value with setup boundaries
- Identifying missing baseline and control information
- Deciding to narrow, proceed, or stop
Do not use it for
- Guaranteeing savings, revenue, or jobs removed
- Approving spend without source-data validation
- Ignoring recurring and third-party costs
- Replacing tax, legal, accounting, or employment advice
Buyer objections
Questions to resolve before signing.
Why show a range instead of one ROI number?
Early workload inputs are uncertain. A range is more honest than false precision and makes the assumptions that need validation visible.
Does returned capacity equal cost savings?
No. Capacity may reduce overtime, backlog, delay, or future hiring pressure, or let people do higher-value work. Cash savings depend on what the business actually changes.
Are recurring costs included in audit payback?
The public audit is directional. Model/API, channel, infrastructure, third-party licences, data work, and managed support must be included in the verified business case.
Can the audit guarantee revenue or headcount reduction?
No. It does not model guaranteed revenue and should not be used as a promise to remove roles.
Continue the evaluation
Continue your deployment evaluation.
No-pressure scope check
Run the directional workload check.
Use ranges you can defend. The correct result may be a deployment, a paid blueprint, a narrower scope, or no project.
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