Discovery Phase

The discovery phase is the first stage of an AI engagement, in which scope, data, workflows, success criteria, and constraints are mapped before any system is built.

What is Discovery Phase?

A typical discovery phase runs 1-2 weeks. Activities include stakeholder interviews, data inventory and quality review, current-state workflow mapping, regulatory and risk classification, success metric definition, and a build-or-buy recommendation. The output is a written scope and a go/no-go decision. Skipping discovery is the most reliable way to ship an AI system that solves the wrong problem.

How does Discovery Phase apply to enterprise AI?

Every Impetora engagement begins with discovery. The same artefacts double as the documentation regulators expect under the EU AI Act conformity assessment.