Can I skip the decision engagement and go straight to implementation?

No. Implementation opens only after a Systems Decision Audit or an Airtable Rescue Decision Sprint has produced a decision boundary you approved. Building before the boundary exists is how systems end up untrustworthy in the first place.

Why is it application only?

Because the scope has to be fixed against an approved boundary before a number means anything. Applications are reviewed against that boundary, and we say no when the decision does not justify a build.

What does the price depend on?

The one system in the approved boundary. $10,000 to $25,000 is fixed scope for that system. New scope is a new engagement rather than a change order.

What happens at handoff?

Controlled Handoff: a runbook, an access review, and pairing with your engineers so your team owns the system afterwards rather than depending on us.

Rung 4 · Controlled Handoff · $10,000 to $25,000 fixed scope

Build the one system the decision already justified.

By Alex Cinovoj, Founder & CTO, TechTide AI · 13 years in US enterprise IT.

Build the one system the approved decision boundary defined, at fixed scope, and hand it over so your team owns it rather than depending on us.

Where this sits: implementation is the rung beneath whichever front door made the decision, AI Production Systems or Airtable Exit/Rescue. It is not a front door of its own and cannot be bought first.

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Application only. When implementation starts within 30 days of the decision engagement, the audit or sprint fee is credited against it.

What has to be true before we start

A completed Systems Decision Audit or Airtable Rescue Decision Sprint.
A decision boundary you have read and approved in writing, naming the one system in scope.
An owner on your side who can accept milestones and make access decisions.

If you do not have a decision boundary yet, start with the Systems Decision Audit or the Airtable Rescue Decision Sprint.

Two delivery tracks, one Controlled Handoff

AI track

The workflow is taken to the trust conditions the Production Gate set: inputs, guardrails, failure handling, permissions, and the observability your operations people need before they depend on it.

AI Production Systems →

Airtable track

The stabilize, hybridize, or exit path the Decision Map defined, sequenced so the system keeps running while it changes, with continuity checks at every milestone.

Airtable Exit/Rescue →

Rung 4 · Controlled Handoff

Critical System Implementation

$10,000 to $25,000 · fixed scope, application only

Build the one system the approved decision boundary defined, at fixed scope, and hand it over so your team owns it rather than depending on us.

What you get

Fixed-scope implementation of the one system named in the approved decision boundary.
Milestone acceptance gates, so scope and progress stay checkable against the decision.
AI track: the workflow taken to the trust conditions the Production Gate set.
Airtable track: the stabilize, hybridize, or exit path the Decision Map defined, sequenced so the system keeps running.
A Controlled Handoff: runbook, access review, and pairing with your engineers so ownership stays in-house.

Boundaries

No implementation without an approved decision boundary from rung 2 or rung 3.
Fixed scope. New scope is a new engagement, not a change order treadmill.
No open-ended retainer and no standing seat in your team.

If it is not for you

When implementation starts within 30 days of the decision engagement, the audit or sprint fee is credited against it.

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One system, fixed scope, handed back to your team.

Critical System Implementation FAQs

No. Implementation opens only after a Systems Decision Audit or an Airtable Rescue Decision Sprint has produced a decision boundary you approved. Building before the boundary exists is how systems end up untrustworthy in the first place.

One system, fixed scope, handed back to your team.

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