| Engagement scope for EU AI Act readiness | Focused programme: inventory, classification, technical file, governance and the audit pack as the named deliverable | Typically embedded inside a wider transformation; a global SI engagement usually bundles readiness with cloud, data and operating model workstreams |
| Typical engagement fee | Fixed fee, scoped before work begins | Typically larger and structured around time-and-materials or programme price, with greater scope |
| Partner involvement | Partner co-delivers; signs the final artefacts | Partner sponsors and reviews; engagement manager runs delivery at scale |
| Time from start to production-ready audit pack | 8 to 16 weeks for a focused programme | Typically 6 to 18 months for a comparable scope; faster on segments where Accenture has a pre-built accelerator |
| Audit pack ownership | Delivered as the engagement output; client owns the artefacts | Typically delivered as part of a wider programme; ownership and licensing terms vary by contract |
| Multi-regulation reconciliation (AI Act + SR 11-7 + SS1/23) | Default operating model: one artefact set for all three | Available at scale; reconciliation tends to require a dedicated workstream and senior cross-practice involvement |
| Geographic reach | Six regions: US, UK, Europe, Australia, Africa, India | Global, with very deep coverage in all major markets |
| Owns commercial software products | Yes: ERPDrive, Scraplytics, Costifys, IncenseERP, Agnivaah | Operates accelerators and offerings, not commercial software products in the same sense |