Pilot Advisory

25-HourPilot Advisory Support

Google-funded pilot advisory engagement

Get up to 25 hours of expert advisory and technical support over approximately two weeks to prepare for a CRA pilot, run the assessment, review the findings, and determine readiness for your Google Solution pilot.

Illustration of a CRA readiness checklist, security shield, engagement clock and pilot device fleet
Up to 25 hours
Flexible advisory support
2 weeks
Typical engagement duration
Up to 20 devices
Typical CRA pilot scope
$0 customer cost
Subject to Google funding approval

Google-funded support is subject to eligibility and approval. Check eligibility with your Google representative.

Prerequisites

Before We Start

Your organization may need to complete or provide one of the following.

The advisory hours can be used to help address these requirements where guidance is needed.

  • Security questionnaire & review
  • Vendor onboarding requirements
  • Pilot devices identified
  • CRA deployment prerequisites
  • Environment & use-case information
Engagement Flow

Your 3 Key Meetings

The engagement is structured around three working sessions. Each one closes with a concrete outcome, taking you from readiness planning through data collection to a clear conclusion on your Google Solution pilot.

  1. Meeting 01

    Kick-off & Pilot Readiness

    • Understand organization, environment & business use case
    • Google Solution/features to evaluate
    • Data collection approach
    • CRA prerequisites & pilot plan
    • Pilot device selection
    • Deployment preparation

    Outcome: Customer prepared for CRA pilot deployment

  2. Meeting 02

    CRA Pilot Deployment & Data Collection

    • Understand organization, environment & business use case
    • Configure report generation
    • Validate assessment data collection
    • Deployment support
    • Guide data collection process

    Outcome: CRA assessment data collected

  3. Meeting 03

    Report Analysis & Readiness Review

    • Understand organization, environment & business use case
    • Configure report generation
    • Validate assessment data collection
    • Deployment support
    • Guide data collection process

    Outcome: CRA assessment data collected

Engagement Scope

Support, Outcomes & Scope

How the 25 Hours Work

  • Hours are not fixed by phase or meeting. They are allocated based on your needs.
  • More time can be used for areas such as security reviews, pilot planning, deployment preparation, or analysis of findings.
  • Once the 25-hour allocation is used, additional support is outside this package.

Final Outcome

You receive a clear conclusion on readiness to proceed with the requested Google Solution pilot, based on CRA assessment findings.

Outside the Scope

  • Google Solution pilot implementation
  • Enterprise-scale CRA deployment
  • ChromeOS pilot deployment
  • Extended technical troubleshooting
  • Environment configuration/remediation
  • Migration execution
  • Change management
  • Production deployment

Need these services? Contact us for a customized engagement.

Next Steps

What Happens Next?

The readiness conclusion from the final meeting points to one of two paths. Either way, you finish with a clear view of where your environment stands and what the next step looks like.

Ready to proceed

Move forward with the relevant Google Solution pilot through a separate engagement.

For ChromeOS, the next step may be the ChromeOS Jump Start Program.

More preparation required

Review recommendations and address identified readiness considerations before proceeding.

Google-funded support is subject to eligibility and approval.