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    • AI deliveryAgents nobody can vouch for. The engineer who reviews the build did not write it.
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    • The reviewer is the bottleneckFour surveys say the blocker moved from engineering to governance.
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    • AI assuranceWhy a sign-off written by the builder never enters a review.
    • Legacy modernizationThe constraint sits in the integration layer, before the model.
    • GlossaryFifteen terms buyers and vendors use differently, defined plainly.
    • Production readinessTen questions that decide whether an AI pilot gets past review.
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  • Services
    • Staff augmentationNobody free to run the build. Senior engineers inside your team, working your hours.
    • Legacy modernizationA system nobody wants to touch. Changed through the system of record, against a date that already exists.
    • AI deliveryAgents nobody can vouch for. The engineer who reviews the build did not write it.
    • ConsultingNo agreement on what goes first. Two to four weeks reading your systems, ending in one scoped build.
    • AssessmentA senior engineer reads your systems and names the first move.
  • Industries
    • Warehousing and FreightDispatch, re-routing, and the exceptions your WMS hands to a person.
    • Wholesale DistributionOrder capture, EDI, and the long tail keyed in by hand.
    • Food and BeverageLot traceability, production scheduling, and yield across plants.
    • Healthcare PracticesIntake, scheduling and charting, with every change passing audit.
    • All industriesThe same three steps in every industry we work in.
  • Customer stories
    • CamisA reservation platform that stopped needing a waiting room.
    • CommScope72 SAP test cases converted, and the capability left in-house.
    • All customer storiesBoth engagements, with the numbers and their sources.
  • Insights
    • The reviewer is the bottleneckFour surveys say the blocker moved from engineering to governance.
    • When staff augmentation failsFour failure modes named. Three of them are the vendor’s.
    • All insightsPositions on AI delivery, modernization and staffing.
  • Resources
    • AI assuranceWhy a sign-off written by the builder never enters a review.
    • Legacy modernizationThe constraint sits in the integration layer, before the model.
    • GlossaryFifteen terms buyers and vendors use differently, defined plainly.
    • Production readinessTen questions that decide whether an AI pilot gets past review.
    • All resourcesGuides, free to read, with no form in front of them.
  • Company
    • About PerformFounded by engineers in 2005. Self-funded since.
    • ContactThirty minutes with the engineer who would do the work.
    • CareersOpen roles, on our Greenhouse board.
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Positions on AI delivery, modernization and staffing

Where the work stalls, what the current research says about it, and what we do differently as a result.

AI delivery and governance

The reviewer is the bottleneck

Four independent surveys fielded between December 2025 and April 2026 say the hard part of shipping AI is no longer building it. Most organizations have not moved with the blocker.

42% / 41%Governance now ranks level with engineering skill
15%Know who owns most of their agents
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Engineering staffing

Staff augmentation fails in four specific ways

Three of the four sit with the vendor. Four conditions you can verify before signing anything.

Four failure modesNamed, including the one that is yours
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