Discover. Prioritise. Deliver.
Turn Operational Challenges Into Prioritised AI Opportunities
preFlyte helps organisations capture improvement ideas from across the business, quantify their impact, and create a prioritised roadmap for Microsoft 365, Copilot and Power Platform initiatives before formal projects begin.
What is PreFlyte?
preFlyte is an innovation and opportunity management concept designed to help organisations capture ideas, identify challenges and prioritise improvement opportunities before formal projects begin. It starts with key stakeholders, who set out the issues already known about and the technologies the business has in place, and then opens up to the wider business. By the time an AI workshop takes place, the conversation begins from evidence gathered across the whole organisation rather than the views of the few people in the room.
Teams then post the everyday tasks that slow them down; colleagues vote and discuss; and each contributor estimates how long the work will take today. Ideas are mapped to the Microsoft 365, Copilot and Power Platform capabilities that could deliver them, with licence requirements shown up front. The outcome is a ranked shortlist of three to five initiatives.
The Problem
“AI readiness” framing treats AI as plug-and-play, ignoring the data, governance, and workflow problems it exposes.
Without a holistic view of their operations, companies struggle to spot workflow inefficiencies or recognise where the real opportunities for change lie.
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of organisations qualify as AI leaders, meeting the threshold for both technology and organisational readiness.
The Solution
Capture Ideas Before the Workshop
preFlyte creates a structured process for identifying opportunities across the organisation before decision makers gather in the room. Stakeholders provide business context, teams contribute ideas, and AI-powered guidance helps shape a shortlist of high-value initiatives.
preFlyte Key Features
Set the context
Key stakeholders provide a short profile of the organisation, covering known issues and existing technology, before the board opens to the wider business.
Capture
Preset departmental boards let every team submit automation ideas in one shared space, named or anonymously.
Collaborate
Colleagues upvote ideas and discuss them in threaded conversations, so consensus surfaces early.
Quantify
Each contributor estimates the weekly time spent on the current process, feeding an ease versus impact score.
Guide
AI-assisted insights explain how each idea could be built with Microsoft low-code components, and which licences it needs.
Shortlist
decision makers rank and commit to the highest impact ideas before the workshop, not during it.
Outcomes
What You’ll Leave With
By the end of the preFlyte process, organisations have:
A ranked list of AI and automation opportunities.
Estimated business impact and time savings.
Recommended Microsoft technologies for delivery.
Visibility of licence requirements.
A clear starting point for future workshops and implementation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is preFlyte?
preFlyte is an innovation and opportunity management process that helps organisations capture improvement ideas, identify challenges, and prioritise Microsoft 365, Copilot and Power Platform initiatives before formal projects or workshops begin.
How is preFlyte different from just running a workshop?
A workshop usually reflects the views of whoever’s in the room. preFlyte gathers input from across the organisation first, so the conversation starts from evidence rather than a handful of opinions.
Who is involved in the preFlyte process?
Key stakeholders start by setting the context, outlining known issues and existing technology. The process then opens up to the wider business, with teams across departments submitting and voting on ideas.
How do teams submit ideas?
Preset departmental boards let every team post the everyday tasks that slow them down, named or anonymously.
How are ideas prioritised?
Colleagues upvote and discuss ideas, and each contributor estimates the weekly time spent on the current process. This feeds an ease-versus-impact score used to rank the ideas.
Does preFlyte tell us which technology to use?
Yes. Each idea is mapped to the Microsoft low-code components that could deliver it, such as Microsoft 365, Copilot and Power Platform, with the licences it needs shown up front.
Do we need existing Microsoft 365, Copilot or Power Platform licences to start?
No. preFlyte surfaces which licences each idea would need, so you can run discovery first and make licensing decisions afterward.
What's the final output?
A ranked shortlist of three to five initiatives, plus estimated business impact and time savings, recommended Microsoft technologies, licence visibility, and a clear starting point for the workshop and delivery.