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Delivery, Implementation & Architecture Runway

Intermediate (SA, EA, TS)4-5 hoursArchitecture runway template + delivery dependency map + agile architecture checklist

How architecture supports delivery instead of blocking it — covering architecture runway, phased implementation, dependency management, keeping teams unblocked, and recovering when architecture goes wrong during delivery.

...Technology decisions — databases, frameworks, cloud services, libraries. Infrastructure — environments, CI/CD, monitoring, logging. Core patterns — how components communicate, how data flows, how errors are...

1 DayIntensive

PracticalSA · EA · TS

Architecture Solution Design Delivery Agile Runway View Details

Investment & Prioritisation

Advanced (EA, TS)5-6 hoursInvestment prioritisation model + business case guide (including TCO and unit economics) + sequencing criteria

How to decide which technology initiatives get funded, in what order, and why — connecting architecture to financial decisions and business outcomes.

...each one: Initiative What must exist before this? What does this unlock? e.g. Build API gateway CI/CD platform, observability 5 downstream services can deploy independently If you can't answer the...

1 DayIntensive

StrategicEA · TS

Architecture Investment Prioritisation Business Case Strategy FinOps View Details

AI Implementation & Technical Architecture

Intermediate to Advanced5-7 hoursAI architecture blueprint + MLOps framework + deployment playbook

Turning AI prototypes into reliable, scalable production systems. MLOps, model serving, RAG architecture, monitoring, and the engineering discipline that most AI projects are missing.

...deployment, no monitoring Level 1 Pipeline automation Automated training, manual deployment Level 2 CI/CD pipeline Automated training and deployment Level 3 Full MLOps Automated retraining, monitoring,...

2 DaysIntensive

ArchitectureBlueprint

AI Architecture MLOps Model Deployment AI Infrastructure Production AI View Details

Architecture Governance

Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursGovernance model canvas + architecture principles register + escalation path template

How to design, implement, and measure architecture governance — the mechanisms that ensure decisions are made consistently, applied correctly, and aligned with strategy.

...exception P-04 Buy commodity, build differentiator No value in rebuilding solved problems Auth, logging, CI/CD = buy; core domain = build P-05 Automate everything repeatable Manual processes are error-prone...

1 DayIntensive

PracticalSA · EA · TS

Architecture Governance Principles Decision Making Control View Details

Common Architecture Patterns

Intermediate (SA, EA)5-7 hoursPattern selection guide + pattern comparison matrix + anti-pattern catalogue

Proven, reusable solutions to recurring structural problems — each with known trade-offs that make it suited to some contexts and unsuitable for others.

...Statement Rating (1-5) We can draw clean boundaries between our business capabilities We have CI/CD, monitoring, and infrastructure automation Each service would have a dedicated owning team...

1.5 DaysIntensive

PracticalSA · EA

Architecture Solution Design Patterns Microservices Event Driven View Details

Emerging Technology Scanning

All levels — SA, EA, TS3-4 hoursTechnology radar template + horizon scanning process + hype vs signal evaluation criteria

How to monitor what is coming, filter signal from noise, and make deliberate decisions about when and how to adopt new technologies — before being forced to react.

...practices, methodologies Platforms Infrastructure, cloud, runtime platforms Tools Development tools, CI/CD, observability Languages & Frameworks Programming languages, frontend/backend frameworks Adoption...

Half-dayIntensive

PracticalSA · EA · TS

Architecture Technology Radar Horizon Scanning Innovation Strategy View Details

Future Operating Model

Advanced (EA, TS)5-6 hoursFuture operating model scenarios + AI-native organisation design principles + transition pathway + Communication Structure Heatmap

How organisations will need to restructure their technology capabilities, teams, and governance as AI, automation, and platform thinking reshape what it means to run a technology function.

...models — How shared platforms reshape team structures Without platforms, every team builds its own CI/CD, monitoring, deployment, and infrastructure. At scale, this duplication becomes unsustainable —...

1 DayIntensive

StrategicEA · TS

Architecture Operating Model AI Future of Work Strategy Platform View Details

Operating Model Choices

Advanced (EA, TS)5-6 hoursOperating model design canvas + team topology guide + Conway's Law application worksheet + Communication Structure Heatmap

How the structure of technology teams shapes the structure of the systems they build — covering Conway's Law, centralised vs federated models, platform teams, product operating models, team topologies, and designing the organisation that produces the architecture you want.

...platforms for stream-aligned teams As organisations scale, every team rebuilding the same foundation — CI/CD, observability, deployment, authentication — becomes wasteful. But centralising everything creates...

1 DayIntensive

StrategicEA · TS

Architecture Operating Model Conway's Law Team Topologies Platform Teams Strategy View Details

Technical Debt & Rationalisation

Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursTechnical debt taxonomy + rationalisation prioritisation framework + modernisation criteria

How to understand, measure, prioritise, and reduce technical debt — the accumulated cost of shortcuts, outdated decisions, and deferred maintenance.

...Detected by onboarding feedback. Low-medium cost — slows onboarding. Process debt — missing reviews, no CI/CD, manual testing. Detected by process audit. Medium cost — quality and speed impact. Knowledge debt...

1 DayIntensive

StrategicSA · EA · TS

Architecture Technical Debt Rationalisation Modernisation Governance View Details

Standards & Reference Architectures

Intermediate (SA, EA)4-5 hoursReference architecture library starter + standards register + architecture principles catalogue

How to create, govern, and operationalise architecture standards and reference architectures — the agreed patterns and structures that create consistency, reduce duplication, and accelerate delivery at scale.

...rule. Make it findable — in the repo README, not buried in a wiki. Integrate into tooling — linting, CI/CD checks, architecture fitness functions. Celebrate compliance — recognise teams that follow standards...

1 dayIntensive

PracticalStandards exercise

Architecture Enterprise Context Standards Reference Architecture Governance Consistency View Details

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