Why Traditional AI Evaluations Fail
Most evaluations fail because they don’t address the realities of enterprise deployment: data sovereignty, governance, and integration complexity.
Decision Sprint ≠ Workshop
This is not a hackathon, innovation workshop, ideation session, or exploratory pilot. There are no competing teams and no synthetic demos. Pharos is accountable for delivering a working, governed agent and a documented deployment decision.
The Problem
- • Evaluations expand without a forcing function (scope creep)
- • Shared accountability makes outcomes optional
- • Security and governance reviews happen too late
- • Early demos work on sample data, not production
- • Teams end with "findings," not a clear go / no-go
The Pharos Approach
- • Fixed-fee, time-boxed Decision Sprint
- • One workflow, one accountable delivery team (via the EMBED methodology)
- • Governed agent deployed in your environment
- • Deterministic audit trails + human approval gates
- • ROI + cost model and a Day-5 go / no-go decision
Decision Sprint → Production → Scale
A forcing function that ends in a documented go / no-go decision.
STEP 1
Decision Sprint (5 days)
- ✓1 workflow
- ✓Governed agent in your environment
- ✓ROI + cost model
- ✓Go / no-go recommendation
STEP 2
Production Pilot (6 weeks)
- ✓Harden integration
- ✓1–2 connected workflows
- ✓Security + compliance docs
- ✓Runbook + handoff
STEP 3
Scale
- ✓Roll out patterns
- ✓Add workflows
- ✓Governance + monitoring
- ✓Measurable efficiency gains
Decision Sprint Formats
Choose the format that fits your evaluation timeline and integration requirements
5-Day Intensive
Fixed-fee execution sprint for one workflow and a Day-5 go / no-go decision
6-Week Decision Sprint
Extended format for complex integrations and a Week-6 decision
Security and Governance from Day One
Governance is established before agent development begins. Security review is not deferred.
Data Sovereignty
Your data never leaves your boundary. All agent processing occurs within your infrastructure, whether on-premise or in your private cloud.
Deterministic Audit
Every agent action is logged with complete context, timestamp, and attribution. Audit trails are exportable and compliance-ready.
Human Oversight
Approval gates for high-risk actions. You maintain control over critical decisions while enabling autonomous operation for routine tasks.
No Vendor Lock-In
You own the deployment. Agents run in your infrastructure using open standards. No proprietary dependencies that create lock-in.