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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.

...seen teams pick microservices because it was trending, then spend eighteen months fighting distributed systems complexity for a product that three people used. Every pattern solves a specific problem and...

1.5 DaysIntensive
PracticalSA · EA
ArchitectureSolution DesignPatternsMicroservicesEvent DrivenView 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.

...microservices" — without knowing the monolith has 40 integration points. "We'll replace the legacy system" — without understanding what it actually does today. "The data will flow through the new pipeline"...

1 dayIntensive
PracticalCanvas exercise
ArchitectureEnterprise ContextCurrent StateTarget StateTransformationGap AnalysisView Details
Future of AI
Intermediate to Senior Leaders3-4 hoursAI horizon scan + strategic implications analysis + preparation roadmap

What's coming in AI — multimodal models, on-device AI, open-source momentum, protocols, regulation, and the shift to AI-native organisations. See around the corner without falling for hype.

...understand and generate across multiple formats — text, images, audio, video, and code — in a single system. Capability Status Impact Image understanding Production (GPT-4V, Gemini, Claude) Document analysis,...

Half DayIntensive
Horizon ScanDeliverable
Future of AIAI TrendsMultimodal AIAI RegulationEmerging TechnologyView Details
Architecture Communication & Storytelling
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursArchitecture communication playbook + executive presentation template + workshop facilitation guide

How to communicate architecture decisions so they are understood, adopted, and acted on — covering audience adaptation, executive communication, architecture papers, diagrams, workshop facilitation, and influence without authority.

...translate it for each audience: Audience Translation CEO "This reduces our outage risk by enabling systems to fail independently. It also accelerates feature delivery by removing integration bottlenecks."...

1 DayIntensive
CriticalSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureCommunicationStorytellingInfluenceStakeholdersView 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.

...re-debates common choices Common choices settled once Inconsistent integrations Predictable, compatible systems Hard to hire — every team uses different tech Easier hiring — common technology stack Hard to...

1 dayIntensive
PracticalStandards exercise
ArchitectureEnterprise ContextStandardsReference ArchitectureGovernanceConsistencyView Details
AI Adoption, Change & Project Delivery
Intermediate5-6 hoursAI adoption playbook + stakeholder engagement plan + delivery framework

Moving AI from exciting pilot to boring-but-valuable production. The people, the process, and the delivery discipline that turns AI potential into daily practice.

...human transition Delivery framework — pilot to production Culture — what makes it stick The adoption system in one diagram Cheat sheet The adoption problem nobody talks about There's a pattern I've seen...

2 DaysIntensive
Adoption PlaybookDeliverable
AI AdoptionChange ManagementProject DeliveryStakeholder EngagementAI CultureView Details
Data and AI
Intermediate4-6 hoursData readiness assessment + governance framework + pipeline blueprint

The data foundations that make AI work. Data quality, governance, architecture, pipelines, and the GenAI shift from training to retrieval. Most AI failures are data failures — learn the patterns and prevent them.

...millions in AI models and platforms while neglecting the data that feeds them. They build sophisticated systems on top of messy, siloed, ungoverned data — and wonder why the results are unreliable. The hard...

1.5 DaysIntensive
Data ReadinessAssessment
Data QualityData GovernanceData ArchitectureFeature EngineeringData PipelinesRAGVector DatabasesGenAI DataAI FluencyView Details
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