Ting Guides
Straight answers before you buy AI.
Each guide takes one question operators ask before buying or building AI. The answer comes first, then what it depends on, what changes in Saudi operations, a worked example, and what Ting does and doesn't do.
Sources are primary documents we read ourselves: SDAIA, the PDPL, NIST, OWASP and others. No prices. Figures in worked examples are illustrative and marked as such.

Questions operators ask, answered
For the CEO
Where to start, what to approve, and how to keep staff use of AI safe.
4 guides
- How do you identify and prioritize AI use cases?Find candidates in how work actually moves, then score them on value, feasibility and risk.What to build first, rankedRead the answer
- How do you plan a 30-day AI pilot that ends in a decision?A one-page charter, four baseline measures, a decision rule written before day one, and what each week is for.Pilot charter + decision ruleRead the answer
- What should an AI readiness checklist cover for a Saudi company?Six checks, each backed by evidence, read against SDAIA's AI Adoption Framework.Readiness checklist, marked by evidenceRead the answer
- What should an employee AI use policy say?The full policy text to adapt, the data-class table, a vendor review checklist and a thirty-minute test.Policy text + data-class tableRead the answer
For the COO
Fixing the process first, testing before launch, and getting pilots into daily operations.
3 guides
- Is it a people problem or a process problem?Ten yes-or-no questions, three score bands and the next step for each, before you hire or buy a tool.A ten-question scorerRead the answer
- How do you evaluate an AI chatbot before launch?A test plan built from your own conversations, with pass marks agreed in advance and a launch scorecard.A launch scorecardRead the answer
- Why do AI pilots fail to reach production?What a pilot proves, what production needs on top of it, and the gap stage by stage.Pilot-to-production gap mapRead the answer
For the CFO
Approvals, the value case and reporting across entities, with numbers you can defend.
3 guides
- How do you build an approval authority matrix that cuts waiting time?Five rules, the matrix columns, a filled example and the checks to run before you sign it off.A filled matrix + sign-off checklistRead the answer
- Why isn't the time AI frees the same as money saved?The three numbers people mix up, the formulas in words, and a worked example where the hours are real and the cash is zero.Three numbers + formulas to pasteRead the answer
- How do you stop building the executive report by hand from every entity and branch?One definition per figure, one mapping per entity, automatic checks, and AI drafting only the commentary.Line definition + consolidation mapRead the answer
For the CTO and CIO
Connecting AI to the systems you run, specifying it, and vetting the vendors who build it.
5 guides
- How do you connect AI to your ERP, CRM and accounting without replacing them?Three integration patterns, the order to build them in, and the controls that keep each system of record in charge.Integration patterns + a read-only mapRead the answer
- MCP or API: how do you connect an AI assistant to your CRM safely?What MCP adds on top of your CRM's API, eight build steps, the tool definition, and the permission test to pass before any app connects.Tool definition + permission test sheetRead the answer
- What should you check under the PDPL before an AI system uses personal data?The points of the Law and its Implementing Regulation an AI system tends to touch, each tied to the official text.Checklist with owners and evidenceRead the answer
- What should an AI vendor due diligence checklist cover?Seven checks, the evidence that settles each one, and the red flags that should end the conversation.Seven checks + the red flagsRead the answer
- What should an AI solution design document contain?The sections a design document needs so an engineer can build from it and a tester can reject it.Seven sections + an acceptance testRead the answer
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