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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.

..."Refactor the monolith" "Reduce feature delivery from 6 weeks to 2 weeks — 3x velocity improvement" "Adopt event-driven integration" "Decouple services to reduce cross-team blocking — 40% fewer dependencies"...

1 DayIntensive

StrategicEA · TS

Architecture Investment Prioritisation Business Case Strategy FinOps View 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.

...data sovereignty Cloud regions, CDN, data residency "Reduce customer churn" Real-time personalisation Event-driven architecture, low-latency APIs Stream processing, caching, ML platform "Cut operational...

1.5 DaysIntensive

StrategicEA · TS

Architecture Technology Strategy Business Strategy Direction Enterprise Context View Details

Current State & Target State Architecture

All levels — SA, EA, TS4-5 hoursAs-is / to-be architecture canvas + transition state design + maturity scale + AI readiness assessment

How to document what exists today, define what must exist tomorrow, and design the transition states that get you there — the discipline of architecture that connects present reality to future goals.

...services, cloud-first, real-time for priority capabilities. Year 3 (Target): Domain services, cloud-native, event-driven architecture. Each year is a working system. Each year delivers value. Each year is one...

1 dayIntensive

PracticalCanvas exercise

Architecture Enterprise Context Current State Target State Transformation Gap Analysis View Details

Architecture Decisions & ADRs

All levels — SA, EA, TS3-4 hoursADR template + decision log + rationale guide

How to capture, document, and govern architecture decisions using ADRs — the lightweight mechanism that turns tribal knowledge into shared understanding.

...Kafka for event streaming Yes — 3 teams consume events Yes — migration would take months Yes — sets event-driven precedent Yes If you're unsure, write the ADR. It's better to over-document than to lose...

Half-dayIntensive

PracticalReady to use

Architecture ADRs Decision Making Governance Documentation View 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.

...decision be reconsidered? The minimal decision document: Field Purpose Example Title What was decided "Use event-driven integration for order processing" Status Current state Proposed / Accepted / Deprecated...

1 DayIntensive

PracticeReal decisions

Architecture Foundations Requirements Trade Offs Decision Making View Details

Run Event Storming Twice. The First Maps the System. The Second Exposes Governance.

Why the second run of an Event Storming workshop — the one most teams never attempt — is the fastest way to surface governance gaps that architecture diagrams will never show.

Governance Event Storming Domain Driven Design Technology Leadership Read Insight

Enterprise, Solution, and Technical Architects: Who Does What in a Context-Driven Architecture?

A structured executive guide explaining the difference between Enterprise, Solution, and Technical Architects using Context-Driven Architecture to clarify responsibilities and reduce structural misalignment.

Enterprise Architecture Technology Strategy Architecture Governance Execution Fractional Leadership Read Insight

The Strategy-to-Execution Gap: How Enterprise Architecture Bridges the 'What' and the 'How'

Why strategic intent evaporates before it reaches engineering teams — and how Enterprise Architecture creates the translation layer that makes organizational strategy executable.

Enterprise Architecture Architecture Governance Strategy Technology Strategy Fractional Leadership Read Insight

Architecture Patterns That Travel Across Industries

The patterns that solve your hardest distributed systems problems were already solved — in a submarine, a postal sorting office, and an electrical panel. Most architects never look.

Architecture Solution Architecture Patterns Technology Leadership Read Insight

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.

1 DayIntensive

SA · EARoles

Architecture Quality Attributes Non Functional Requirements Design Tactics View Details

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