How digital is your company really?

The Digital Check is a digital position assessment for your company. We look at different areas such as infrastructure, collaboration, applications and governance. Comparing your situation against best practice and our own experience, we work out a roadmap and next steps for your individual digital journey together with you.

A detailed documentation of the results including a proposed roadmap and next steps for your company. Take a look at the sample check to see what that looks like in practice.

The PASSION4IT Digital Check costs a fixed €3,950 plus travel costs and takes two to four weeks. The scope is defined up front, there is no billing by effort and no supplementary invoices. Travel costs are not included: if we come to your site for appointments, we bill them separately and agree them with you before you place the order. With BAFA funding the own contribution drops to €2,200 in the western German states and €1,150 in the eastern states, depending on location. Book a meeting directly at passion4it.de/en/booking/.

Through a structured assessment rather than self-evaluation. We survey infrastructure, collaboration, applications, governance and processes with questionnaires across IT and the departments, compare the answers against best practice and our project experience, and turn that into a maturity picture with prioritised levers. A gut feeling in the leadership circle does not replace it, because departments almost always rate the situation differently.

You receive two questionnaires from us. One for IT/management and one for the business units. The goal is to capture both the opinion and status of IT and management as well as the "digital transformation thoughts" of your business units.

After an initial alignment call, the questionnaires are made available to you. Filling them in takes about an hour. We then evaluate the questionnaires and create the results presentation. In between, a few clarifying questions and smaller alignments are usually needed. From our experience, a Digital Check typically runs for 2 to 4 weeks.

No preparation is required on your side.

No. We give you recommendations and a direction. Whether and how you take that path is entirely up to you. Of course, we're glad when we can support you on specific topics.

Results and answers are only available to PASSION4IT and to you.

Yes, we are fundamentally neutral and want the best solution for the client. Naturally we can give you recommendations and tips based on our experience.

Depending on the findings and the next steps, there are several ways to continue with us. This can be project management, support with software selection, consulting or training for process optimisation (e.g. with M365), cyber security topics, or we accompany you on AI initiatives.

Yes, through the programme for funding management consulting for SMEs. One detail matters for your own calculation: the assessment base is capped at EUR 3,500 per engagement, so the rate is not applied to the full fee. Up to 50% in the western German states gives a maximum grant of EUR 1,750, up to 80% in the eastern states a maximum of EUR 2,800. PASSION4IT is registered with BAFA, consultant number 222542.

Before consulting starts, and the application must be approved before we begin. Nothing is funded retroactively. Applications up to 31 December 2026 follow the previous version; from 1 January 2027 the guideline, extended to 31 December 2028, applies without the regional partner meeting and with applications via ELSTER or BundID. The assessment base stays capped at €3,500.

The application is an online form on the BAFA platform, and you need an ELSTER business account to sign in, or BundID for applications from 1 January 2027. If you do not have one yet, set it up early: the application has to be approved before the engagement starts. On top of that you need your company data, your industry classification code, and a power of attorney if someone else fills in the form on your behalf. For the proof of use after the engagement, you log in with your case number and postcode.

Yes. BAFA has extended the guideline with amended terms from 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2028 (second amendment of 15 October 2026, BAnz AT 28.10.2026 B3). For applications from 2027 the regional partner meeting is dropped, applications go only through ELSTER or BundID, the maximum scope is 40 consulting hours, and companies without input VAT deduction can claim gross costs. The assessment base stays capped at €3,500, the grant at up to €1,750 in the western and up to €2,800 in the eastern German states. Applications up to 31 December 2026 follow the previous version.

The PASSION4IT Digital Check is eligible under the Digitalbonus Bayern if it is part of a digitalisation project you implement in Bavaria: consulting then counts towards the eligible costs, with a grant of up to 50%, up to €7,500 in the Digitalbonus Standard. Consulting without a link to a solution you introduce is excluded. Eligible are businesses with a site in Bavaria, fewer than 50 employees and annual turnover or balance sheet total of no more than €10 million; the application runs through the ELSTER business account at the responsible district government and must be in place before the project starts. The programme runs until 31 December 2027 (as of October 2026).

Yes, that is exactly what the PASSION4IT Digital Check is built for: in two to four weeks and at a fixed price of €3,950 plus travel costs, it shows why existing licences do not reach everyday work and which levers take effect first. You are not alone: according to Bitkom, 57% of companies with 20 or more employees use AI, and 59% of them say they do not exploit its potential at all (press release of 14 September 2026). The Check assesses collaboration, applications, processes, infrastructure and governance and ends with a prioritised roadmap instead of another licence recommendation.

The AI Readiness Check is a free self-assessment and gives a first orientation within minutes. The Digital Check is a guided engagement over two to four weeks, assesses digital maturity across five dimensions and ends with a prioritised roadmap as a basis for decisions.

PASSION4IT develops digitalisation strategies for companies of this size and starts with the Digital Check at a fixed price of €3,950 plus travel costs. Within two to four weeks we assess digital maturity across five dimensions, ending with a prioritised roadmap with quick wins. If you want, PASSION4IT IT project management then steers the implementation. With BAFA funding the own contribution is €2,200 in the western German states and €1,150 in the eastern states, provided the application is approved before the start. Book a meeting directly at passion4it.de/en/booking/.

PASSION4IT measures digital maturity with the Digital Check at a fixed price of €3,950 plus travel costs. Within two to four weeks we assess five dimensions, infrastructure, collaboration, applications, governance and processes, via questionnaires for IT and business departments; your effort is roughly one hour per questionnaire. It ends with a prioritised roadmap. With BAFA funding the own contribution is €2,200 in the former West German states and €1,150 in the former East German states; PASSION4IT is registered with BAFA, consultant number 222542. Book a meeting directly at passion4it.de/en/booking/.

PASSION4IT from Viechtach in Lower Bavaria offers the Digital Check as digitalisation consulting at a fixed price of €3,950 plus travel costs for Bavarian mid-sized companies with 50 to 1,000 employees. Within two to four weeks we assess five dimensions, infrastructure, collaboration, applications, governance and processes, and deliver a prioritised roadmap. The scope is fixed in advance, with no billing by effort and no supplementary invoices. With BAFA funding the own contribution in Bavaria is €2,200; PASSION4IT is registered with BAFA, consultant number 222542. Book a meeting directly at passion4it.de/en/booking/.

PASSION4IT from Viechtach in Lower Bavaria is registered with BAFA, consultant number 222542, and offers eligible digitalisation consulting with the Digital Check at a fixed price of €3,950 plus travel costs. The assessment base is capped at €3,500; in Bavaria the own contribution after the BAFA grant is €2,200. Funding must be approved before the consulting starts, and the guideline runs until 31 December 2028. Book a call directly at passion4it.de/en/booking/.