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Advisory Commercialization Architecture Sprint
Prepared for Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting
Date: March 14, 2026
Contact: Paul Miller
Industry: Tax & Accounting Software
Type: Enterprise
The Opportunity

Design the commercialization layer that converts Ready to Advise and Practice Forward outputs into consistently scoped, priced, signed, and expandable engagements. Target: demo-ready prototypes for Advisory Symposium, June 2-4, 2026.

Selected Services
Architecture Sprint
30-day fixed-fee design exercise. Deliverables: workflow map, pricing logic model, 3 demo journeys, data/security architecture, sponsor memo, exec deck, buy/partner/build decision brief, pilot SOW.
$95,000
Proposal & Pricing Pilot (6-Month)
Guided discovery, pricing calculator, proposal generation, scope/out-of-scope logic, change-order v1, engagement memory lite, light analytics. Sandbox deployment. Advisory Symposium as first live milestone.
$250,000
Investment Summary
Engagement Pricing
Architecture Sprint
Base fee (30 days)$95,000
Sprint Total$95,000
6-Month Pilot
Kickoff$40,000
Monthly (×6)$35,000
Pilot Total$250,000
Engagement Total $345,000
Sprint Credit Applied: -$95,000 (100% if pilot signed within 15 business days)
Net if bundled: $250,000
Scope Definition

✓ In Scope

Problem & opportunity definition with success metrics
Current-to-future workflow map (with existing TR products)
Pricing engine specification
Scope & change-order taxonomy
Engagement memory specification (commercial workflow scoped)
Three live demo journeys (Symposium-stage ready)
Data boundary & security posture memo
Sponsor memo + 5-slide exec deck + decision brief
Pilot SOW with measurable success metrics

✗ Out of Scope

Production deployment or production-data integration
Source-code transfer
OEM, licensing, or reseller agreement
Exclusivity arrangements
Embedded payment processing
Broad knowledge management (CoCounsel Tax territory)
Enterprise-scale controls (pilot scope)
Commitment to pilot, acquire, or grant exclusivity

This engagement includes: problem and opportunity definition with measurable success metrics, current-to-future workflow map showing integration with existing Thomson Reuters advisory products, pricing engine specification, scope and change-order taxonomy, engagement memory specification scoped to commercial workflow, three live demo journeys suitable for Advisory Symposium presentation, data boundary and security posture memo, internal sponsor memo with 5-slide executive deck and buy/partner/build decision brief, and pilot SOW with concrete success metrics for binary go/no-go decision.

This engagement explicitly excludes: production deployment, source-code transfer, production-data access, OEM or licensing agreements, exclusivity arrangements, embedded payment processing, broad knowledge-management systems, enterprise-scale controls, and any commitment to pilot, acquire, or grant exclusivity. All data used in Phase 1 is synthetic or anonymized.

Engagement Timeline
PhaseDatesMilestone
SprintMid-Mar – Mid-AprReadout: workflow, pricing, 3 demos
SymposiumJune 2–4Live prototype demos · 400 attendees
DecisionQ4 2026Pilot readout · Commercial decision
Engagement Structure

Phased: Sprint followed by Pilot with 100% sprint credit applied within 15 business days

Payment Terms

Sprint: 50% at kickoff, 50% at readout delivery.

Pilot: $40,000 kickoff + $35,000/month × 6 months.

No-Regret Clause: Sprint deliverables are retained by Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting regardless of pilot decision. Sprint value is preserved even if built internally.