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Data & AI Direction
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursData and AI direction framework + AI readiness assessment + governance overlay

How data strategy and AI direction connect to architecture — covering data quality, governance, data architecture for AI, AI enablement, responsible AI, data products, data mesh, and building a data and AI roadmap.

...reality. Customer address is wrong. Completeness — all required data is present. Missing email field. Consistency — data is the same across systems. Customer ID format differs. Timeliness — data is current...

1.5 DaysIntensive
CurrentSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureData StrategyAIData GovernanceData MeshData ProductsView 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.

...from fully centralised to fully federated: Model comparison: Dimension Centralised Hybrid Federated Consistency High High for standards Low — varies by domain Speed Slow — bottleneck Balanced Fast — parallel...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicEA · TS
ArchitectureOperating ModelConway's LawTeam TopologiesPlatform TeamsStrategyView 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.

...without scaling everything. Costs: distributed systems complexity — network failures, latency, eventual consistency. Operational overhead — service discovery, load balancing, monitoring, logging across services....

1.5 DaysIntensive
PracticalSA · EA
ArchitectureSolution DesignPatternsMicroservicesEvent DrivenView Details
Platform Thinking
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursPlatform strategy canvas + internal platform design guide + shared capability register

How to shift from building one-off solutions to building reusable internal platforms — shared foundations that allow teams to deliver independently without solving the same problems repeatedly.

...platform With platform Duplication Every team builds their own CI/CD One platform, all teams consume Inconsistency Every team deploys differently Consistent deployment patterns Onboarding New team members...

1 DayIntensive
CurrentSA · EA · TS
ArchitecturePlatformDeveloper ExperienceInternal PlatformsSelf ServiceView Details
Quality Attributes / -ilities
SA, EA — Intermediate5-6 hoursQuality attribute reference card + -ility prioritisation matrix

The non-functional characteristics that determine whether a system is truly fit for purpose — scalability, reliability, availability, performance, security, maintainability, and more.

...harder to use. Performance vs maintainability — optimised code is harder to change. Scalability vs consistency — distributed systems trade consistency for scale. Availability vs cost — higher availability...

1 DayIntensive
SA · EARoles
ArchitectureQuality AttributesNon Functional RequirementsDesign TacticsView Details
Technology, Infrastructure, Cloud & Security Design
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA)6-8 hoursInfrastructure decision framework + cloud pattern reference + security controls map

Where abstract architecture meets physical reality — choosing the platforms, compute, networking, and security controls that make the solution work at scale.

...in multiple geographies for availability and latency. Cost: complexity, data replication, eventual consistency. Auto-scaling — automatically add/remove compute based on load. Cost: cold start latency,...

2 DaysIntensive
PracticalSA · EA
ArchitectureSolution DesignCloudInfrastructureSecurityFinOpsView Details
AI Decision-Making & Human Oversight
Beginner to Intermediate3-4 hoursHuman oversight framework + decision rights map + review checklist

AI can assist decisions, but accountability still belongs to people. Learn the operating rules for review, approval, escalation, confidence, and human authority in AI-supported work.

...practical discipline is to keep those two things separate: AI assistance improves speed, analysis, and consistency. Human authority determines acceptance, rejection, approval, and accountability. Confusing...

Half DayPractical
Control ModelDecision Ready
Human in the LoopAI OversightDecision MakingAI GovernanceAccountabilityView Details
AI Strategy & Business Transformation
Intermediate to Senior Leaders5-7 hoursAI strategy framework + operating model blueprint + 12-month roadmap

Building an AI strategy that drives real business transformation. Vision, operating models, value frameworks, maturity assessment, and portfolio management. Turn AI potential into measurable outcomes.

...to value, domain expertise AI Governance (policies, risk, ethics) Central team with business input Consistency + context AI Talent (hiring, training, career paths) Shared model Flexibility + retention...

2 DaysIntensive
Strategy + RoadmapDeliverable
AI StrategyBusiness TransformationOperating ModelAI MaturityValue RealizationView Details
How Architects Think
All levels — SA, EA, TS5-6 hoursSystems thinking toolkit + abstraction ladder + decision heuristics reference card

The cognitive toolkit of architecture — systems thinking, abstraction, balancing business and technical concerns, deciding under uncertainty, and trade-off thinking. Builds the mindset, not just the knowledge.

...the cache invalidation bug that appears three weeks later? That's the feedback loop. And the data inconsistency that cascades through three other services? That's emergent behaviour. Nobody designed that...

1 DayIntensive
MindsetNot just methods
ArchitectureFoundationsSystems ThinkingDecision MakingView Details
Requirements, Constraints, Trade-offs & Compromise
All levels — SA, EA, TS5-6 hoursTrade-off framework + constraint register template + requirements classification guide

The art of making the best possible architectural decision given what is required, what is constrained, and what must be sacrificed.

...every decision has a cost — and choosing the cost you're willing to pay. The CAP theorem as an example: Consistency — every read gets the latest write. Availability — every request gets a response. Partition...

1 DayIntensive
PracticeReal decisions
ArchitectureFoundationsRequirementsTrade OffsDecision MakingView Details
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