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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.

...roadmaps, release notes, beta programmes Community Open source projects, developer forums, meetups Internal Team experiments, proof of concepts, hackathons Not all signals are equal. Evaluate signal...

Half-dayIntensive
PracticalSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureTechnology RadarHorizon ScanningInnovationStrategyView 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.

...you're running federated with 3 teams, you have fragmentation. The platform team model — Building internal platforms for stream-aligned teams As organisations scale, every team rebuilding the same foundation...

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

...strategy. They have architecture diagrams but not architecture strategy. They invest in cloud, AI, and platforms because everyone else is — not because a deliberate analysis connected those investments to...

1.5 DaysIntensive
StrategicEA · TS
ArchitectureTechnology StrategyBusiness StrategyDirectionEnterprise ContextView Details
Cognitive Load & Team Interfaces
VP Engineering, Platform Leads, Engineering Managers, Principal Engineers3-4 hoursCognitive load assessment per team, an interaction model, and a platform team charter naming what the platform does and does not own

A team can only hold so much — and the interaction modes between teams are what decide whether that limit is respected or quietly exceeded.

...are the default. Everything else exists so that these teams can hold less. Platform teams provide internal capability that stream teams consume rather than build. Their entire justification is load removal:...

1 DayIntensive
CapacityWhat a team can hold
Cognitive LoadTeam TopologiesPlatform EngineeringDeveloper ExperienceView 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.

...architects govern domain-specific patterns, API designs, data models. Teams govern implementation details, internal structure, coding standards. Centralise the cross-cutting, federate the domain-specific, delegate...

1 DayIntensive
PracticalSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureGovernancePrinciplesDecision MakingControlView 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.

...Microservices foundation Observability platform If you have documents but no starter kits or platforms, your references aren't being adopted. The balance between consistency and autonomy — When...

1 dayIntensive
PracticalStandards exercise
ArchitectureEnterprise ContextStandardsReference ArchitectureGovernanceConsistencyView Details
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