Increase Controls Developer Capacity in 90 Days
Cascade helps controls integration and industrial automation firms turn practical AI-assisted workflows into measurable developer capacity — moving faster with the team you have today, and ramping every future hire more quickly.
This is not AI training. It is a done-with-you implementation program built on your real project work, measured in capacity, not AI adoption.
01 The Problem
The capacity problem cuts both ways.
If you run a controls integration or industrial automation firm, you already know the equation: more projects require more developers, and good controls developers are hard to find and expensive to land.
But hiring isn't the whole problem — capacity leaks on both sides of it.
The team you have today is losing capacity to rework, unclear requirements, documentation that happens when there's time (there's never time), and work that bottlenecks behind your two or three most senior developers.
And when you do hire, the ramp is slow — because the knowledge a new developer needs lives in senior heads instead of in a process they can follow. Months pass before a new hire pulls real weight, and every one of them learns the job a slightly different way.
Your developers are probably already experimenting with AI tools. But here's the question that matters: is the business actually gaining capacity? If you can't answer that with a number, the experimentation isn't an asset yet. It's just activity.
02 The Shift
// The Premise
Measure Capacity, Not AI Adoption.
The AI Hype Machine has flooded industrial automation with tools, agents, webinars, and promises of 10x productivity. Most of it is noise built for software startups and content creators — not for firms delivering HMI, SCADA, PLC, and controls project work under real deadlines.
The problem isn't AI. The problem is mistaking AI adoption for business improvement. Buying subscriptions doesn't create capacity. Sending developers to generic AI courses doesn't create capacity. Endless experimentation doesn't create capacity.
Implemented workflows, measured before and after, create capacity. That's the entire premise of Cascade — and it's the standard we hold ourselves to.
03 The Program
The 90-Day Controls Developer Capacity Cascade
A done-with-you implementation program that turns scattered AI experimentation into measured developer capacity gains on your real project work.
- Week 1Capacity baseline established. We interview your developers, review your delivery process and real project samples, and map where capacity is leaking today.
- Days 1–14First AI-assisted workflow implemented inside live project work — not a side exercise.
- Day 30First measured before/after comparison. You see the number, not a vibe.
- Days 30–60Additional workflows implemented. Successful workflows are captured into your Cascade Team Playbook — standard operating procedures, usage rules by task type, and a clear "use AI / don't use AI" decision guide.
- Days 60–90Team standardization, capacity measurement review, and your ramp and knowledge-transfer system: documentation structure, knowledge capture from senior developers, and a first-30-days checklist so your next hire starts from the playbook instead of from zero.
- Day 90Final capacity report, owner review, and recommendations. Followed by 30 days of post-program support.
Management reviews every 30 days. You see progress measured against the baseline — in capacity, not in AI enthusiasm.
04 The Guarantee
// Our Commitment
If Cascade does not deliver the agreed implementation assets by day 90, we keep working at no additional fee until they are delivered — for up to 45 additional days.
The agreed implementation assets:
- Capacity baseline and initial Cascade Velocity Index
- At least three implemented AI-assisted workflows
- Your team playbook
- Governance starter kit
- Capacity measurement report
- 90-day owner/operator review
We don't guarantee a specific percentage improvement — anyone who does is guessing with your money, because results depend partly on things only you control: sponsor participation, developer availability, and follow-through. What we control, we guarantee. Pay-in-full clients receive a stronger version, covered on the fit call.
05 Is This Your Firm?
[✓] Cascade is built for firms that
- Do controls integration or industrial automation project work — HMI/SCADA, PLC, controls delivery
- Have an internal development team (typically 2–20 developers)
- Have more demand than current capacity comfortably supports
- Have real project work available to implement against
- Have an owner, operator, or executive sponsor who will participate
- Are willing to measure workflow changes
[✕] Cascade is not for firms that want
- Generic AI training or a lecture series
- An AI strategy deck with no implementation
- Someone to "do AI" so a box can be checked
- Results without making developers available to implement
// Limited Availability
Cascade is hands-on implementation, not advice — so we begin only a few new 90-day engagements a month. We'll delay a great client before we'll stretch thin and underdeliver.
06 Why Cascade
Built from the field, not from the hype cycle.
[A] Field Result
Solar / legacy IEC
Expected development time on a utility-scale solar project with legacy IEC code and thin documentation — cut roughly in half with AI-assisted workflows.
[B] Cadence
First measurement
First measured before/after workflow comparison. You see the number, not a vibe — then every 30 days after.
[C] Experience
Delivery background
Engineering, systems, software and technical delivery — hardware, embedded systems, controls-adjacent work, and AI/ML.
That experience is what Cascade transfers to your team: not tools, not theory — working methods, measured. The result is a team that moves faster, produces better work, documents more consistently, and works from the same playbook — a playbook that also becomes the fastest onboarding path for every developer who joins after.
We do not measure AI adoption. We measure capacity.
07 What's Included
What's included
| Program Component | Estimated Value |
|---|---|
| AI-Assisted Workflow Implementation | $15,000 |
| Cascade Team Playbook and Standardization | $8,000 |
| Cascade Ramp and Knowledge Transfer System | $6,500 |
| Capacity Baseline and Workflow Selection | $5,000 |
| Cascade Controls AI Workflow Library | $5,000 |
| Cascade Capacity Measurement System | $5,000 |
| Post-Program Support (30 days) | $4,000 |
| New Developer Ramp Kit | $4,000 |
| Cascade Capacity Dashboard | $3,500 |
| Cascade AI Risk and Governance Starter Kit | $2,500 |
| Executive Business Case Memo | $1,500 |
| Total estimated value | $60,000 |
08 Price
Or three monthly payments of $6,500 ($19,500 total). Pay-in-full includes the strongest guarantee and all eligible bonuses.
Find out if Cascade fits your firm.
One call. We'll talk through your delivery bottleneck, your team, and your project pipeline — and tell you honestly whether the program, the workshop, or neither is the right next step.
Not ready for the full program?
Start with the 1-Day Cascade Controls Developer Capacity Workshop — a paid capacity diagnosis built on your real project work, ending with a first-workflow recommendation and a 90-day implementation roadmap. Enroll in the program within 30 days and the full workshop fee is credited toward it — starting smaller costs you nothing extra.