How AGC diagnostics actually work.
The questions senior leaders ask before engaging AGC.
These answers explain how AGC diagnostics work, why execution is conditional, and what to expect at every stage.
If your question is not answered below, AGC will respond directly when you start a diagnostic.
Because most failures are decision failures, not execution failures.
AGC exists to identify the real constraint before strategy, delivery, or capital is committed. Starting execution without diagnosis increases risk, cost, and the likelihood of failure.
AGC does not scope, price, or deliver execution services without diagnosis.
No.
Advisory and delivery engagements are only accessible after approved progression from a governing diagnostic.
Execution without a defensible decision record creates unacceptable risk.
Because diagnosis is the work.
AGC diagnostics are fixed-scope, evidence-based products that produce clear decisions. They are not sales exercises or discovery calls.
If progression occurs, 100% of diagnostic fees are credited forward. Clients only ever net-pay the highest phase reached.
That is a valid and often successful outcome.
AGC diagnostics exist to help you decide whether to Proceed, Pause, or Stop. Avoiding the wrong execution is value, not failure.
There is no obligation to progress beyond diagnosis.
Yes, in most cases.
Standard diagnostics can be booked and paid for directly. Intake forms are issued automatically after payment.
Phase 0 (Decision-Grade Diagnostic) requires eligibility confirmation before booking, given its scope and the level of exposure involved.
Delivery begins only after payment is confirmed, the intake form is completed, and the required documents are received.
Delays in inputs pause the delivery timeline.
A Clarity Sprint establishes clarity for contained or internal decisions.
Phase 0 is required when exposure exists. Board approval, government involvement, investor exposure, capital expenditure, or reputational risk.
Phase 0 produces a formal decision record suitable for senior authorities.
AGC will require escalation to a Phase 0 diagnostic.
This protects decision-makers and ensures execution is authorised only when it is defensible.
No.
AGC diagnoses decisions and governs delivery where appropriate. It does not act as a broker, salesperson, or delivery contractor.
Yes.
Begin with a Clarity Sprint. From there, AGC will recommend the appropriate pathway based on the decision, the exposure, and the stage of development.
All AGC engagements operate under formal confidentiality from the first conversation.
Diagnostic findings, client identities, and engagement details are not disclosed publicly. Any case study material is anonymised and reviewed before publication.