# Engineering Management Suite (Product Opportunity)

> **Commercialise the existing engineering-management toolkit** as a productised
> offering for small engineering companies (10–100 staff): suite installed and
> tailored to their projects and capabilities, AI that drafts documents from
> their own past projects, and a capability program that grows their team.
> "Done" for this stage = validated willingness-to-pay and one paid pilot.

- **Stage:** Concept (entered 2026-09-12)
- **Category:** Product (services-first hybrid)
- **Asset being commercialised:** `C:\AI Projects\Engineering Management` — read-only, never modified from here
- **Read first:** [`01_System/ADVISOR_ASSESSMENT.md`](01_System/ADVISOR_ASSESSMENT.md) · [`01_System/OFFERING_HYPOTHESIS.md`](01_System/OFFERING_HYPOTHESIS.md)
- **Tracking:** stage/progress/KPIs live in the portal Investments tab (`portal/portfolio/eng-mgmt-suite.json`)

## Structure

| Folder | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `00_Governance framework` | Pointer to the workspace shared governance layer |
| `01_System` | Advisor assessment, offering hypothesis (source of truth for the case) |
| `02_Work` | Discovery interview guide, candidate customers, interview log |
| `03_Registers` | ACT / RSK / DEC registers |
| `04_Inputs` | Toolkit pointer (read-only asset map) |
| `05_Outputs` | Deliverables (offering one-pager, demo assets, case studies) |
| `06_Archive` | Superseded versions — nothing is ever deleted |
| `07_Improvements` | Improvement proposals (never self-applied) |
| `08_Reusable_Knowledge` | Portable lessons stripped of project detail |
| `09_Help_Hub` | Help / troubleshooting surface |

## Portal manifest

Registered in `portal/projects/eng-mgmt-suite.json` — edit that file to update
description, key docs, and runnable apps.