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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.

...For 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
ArchitectureInvestmentPrioritisationBusiness CaseStrategyFinOpsView 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 ArchitectureMLOpsModel DeploymentAI InfrastructureProduction AIView 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
ArchitectureGovernancePrinciplesDecision MakingControlView 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.

...to 5: 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 We can...

1.5 DaysIntensive
PracticalSA · EA
ArchitectureSolution DesignPatternsMicroservicesEvent DrivenView 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
ArchitectureTechnology RadarHorizon ScanningInnovationStrategyView 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
ArchitectureOperating ModelAIFuture of WorkStrategyPlatformView 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
ArchitectureOperating ModelConway's LawTeam TopologiesPlatform TeamsStrategyView 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
ArchitectureTechnical DebtRationalisationModernisationGovernanceView 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
ArchitectureEnterprise ContextStandardsReference ArchitectureGovernanceConsistencyView Details
Technology Strategy & Architecture Strategy
Advanced (EA, TS)5-6 hoursTechnology strategy vs architecture strategy distinction map + strategy brief template

How to distinguish technology strategy from architecture strategy, connect both to business strategy, and define a coherent direction for the organisation's technology investments.

...cross-domain calls, no manual deployments, no undocumented APIs." Sequence: "Q1: Platform foundation (CI/CD, observability). Q2: Integration layer (event broker, API gateway). Q3: Data mesh (domain ownership,...

1.5 DaysIntensive
StrategicEA · TS
ArchitectureTechnology StrategyBusiness StrategyDirectionEnterprise ContextView Details
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