What it is
BAIC scores each domain against a defined rubric, using document review, stakeholder interviews, and the operational data your business actually has. The output is a ranked map of where the business will fail first as it grows, not a list of fifty things.
Where the business is going, and whether it can defend the route.
Who actually owns what, especially when something goes sideways.
The repeatable mechanics that produce results without heroics.
Cash discipline, close cadence, and the indicators you watch on Monday.
How customers become customers. Predictably, not by accident.
What's measured, what's visible, and what's still invisible.
What breaks loudly, and what breaks quietly until it doesn't.
Whether the bench can carry the architecture you're about to build.
What you leave with
A ranked diagnosis across all eight domains, plus the upgrade sequence that buys the most stability per dollar.
A ranked list of failure modes, each traceable to the evidence that surfaced it. What breaks first, what breaks hardest.
A sequenced, owner-tagged execution plan. The installation order for the architecture the diagnosis prescribes.
A running view of your architecture maturity, re-scored quarterly so you know whether the work is sticking.
Why we partner
Vertical Motion's ELT Scaling Suite upgrades your executive leadership team. BAIC diagnoses the business system that team has to run. The two are built to stack: when our LDNA read surfaces leadership capacity as the binding constraint, BAIC ranks the structural risks around it, so you get one clear-eyed picture of what to fix first.
BAIC is built for operators scaling roughly $300K to $5M per month whose structure is starting to break, and for acquirers stress-testing a target in the 30 to 60 days before close. It is delivered by The Saunter Group, our diagnostic partner.
See the full method
BAIC is a proprietary instrument of The Saunter Group, delivered in partnership with Vertical Motion. Explore the full method and diagnostic on their site.