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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.

...source, early-stage, speculative. Monitor passively. Noise — marketing hype, no substance, no independent validation. Ignore. Use multiple sources — no single source is reliable alone. Three horizons (Now, Next,...

Half-dayIntensive
PracticalSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureTechnology RadarHorizon ScanningInnovationStrategyView Details
Why Architecture Exists
All levels — SA, EA, TS3-4 hoursArchitecture purpose framework — complexity · alignment · risk · change · shared understanding

Why architecture exists — managing complexity, aligning technology with business, reducing risk, enabling change, and creating shared understanding across teams.

...accidental complexity in your system right now: Source Type Cost e.g. Three services duplicate the same validation logic Duplication Every change needs updating in three places Now pick one. What would it...

Half-dayIntensive
PurposeWhy it matters
ArchitectureFoundationsComplexityBusiness AlignmentView Details
AI Policy, Security & Organisational Controls
Beginner to Intermediate4-5 hoursAI policy checklist + security controls map + incident response starter template

Building and enforcing AI policy — the practical mechanisms that turn ethical principles into enforceable organisational rules. Data security, access controls, audit trails, and incident response.

...injected instructions in third-party content can redirect its behaviour. Technical mitigations: input validation to filter and sanitise content before it enters the AI's context. Output filtering to monitor...

1 DayIntensive
Beginner FriendlyNo legal background required
AI PolicyAI SecurityOrganisational ControlsAI GovernanceData SecurityComplianceAI FluencyView Details
Automation & Agentic Systems
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)6-7 hoursAutomation opportunity map + agent architecture blueprint + MCP/A2A integration guide + Agentic Risk & Cost Framework

How AI-powered architectures that plan, act, and use tools autonomously are reshaping integration and workflow — covering agentic patterns, MCP and A2A protocols, orchestration frameworks, human-in-the-loop design, guardrails, observability, and economic risk management.

...CREEP["📏 Autonomy Creep\nAgent exceeds\nintended scope"] HALL --> MIT_H["Mitigate: RAG grounding\nOutput validation"] MISUSE --> MIT_T["Mitigate: Tool contracts\nRate limiting"] LOOP --> MIT_L["Mitigate: Step...

1.5 DaysIntensive
CurrentSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureAI AgentsAgentic SystemsMCPA2AAutomationOrchestrationView 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.

...database sharding, async processing, CDN Reliability Redundancy, replication, error handling, data validation, idempotency Availability Failover, health checks, circuit breakers, multi-region deployment,...

1 DayIntensive
SA · EARoles
ArchitectureQuality AttributesNon Functional RequirementsDesign TacticsView Details
Solution Decomposition
Intermediate (SA, EA)4-6 hoursDecomposition canvas + domain/service/component hierarchy guide

How to break large, complex systems into smaller, independently manageable parts — so different teams can build, own, and change them without stepping on each other.

...table. Control coupling — one component passes control flags to another. "Process this, but skip the validation step." Stamp coupling — components share a data structure but use different parts. Data coupling...

1.5 DaysIntensive
FoundationSA · EA
ArchitectureSolution DesignDecompositionDomain Driven DesignBoundariesView 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.

...segmentation, firewalls, WAF, DDoS protection. VPC, security groups, CloudFlare. Application — input validation, auth, encryption, rate limiting. OAuth, JWT, TLS, OWASP Top 10. Data — encryption at rest/transit,...

2 DaysIntensive
PracticalSA · EA
ArchitectureSolution DesignCloudInfrastructureSecurityFinOpsView Details
Risk, Compliance & Control Points
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursRisk and control register template + compliance mapping guide + architecture risk heat map

How architecture manages technical risk and meets regulatory obligations — covering architectural risk analysis, compliance by design, privacy by design, security controls as decisions, operational risk, control points, and demonstrating compliance through architecture.

...segmentation, firewalls, WAF. VPC design, security groups, network policies. Application — auth, input validation, rate limiting. API gateway, middleware, framework defaults. Data — encryption, masking, classification....

1 DayIntensive
CriticalSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureRiskComplianceSecurityGovernanceControl PointsView 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.

...gates, and honest exit criteria. Stage Duration Key activity Exit criteria Discovery 2-4 weeks Problem validation, data assessment, feasibility Clear problem statement + value hypothesis Pilot 4-8 weeks Build...

2 DaysIntensive
Adoption PlaybookDeliverable
AI AdoptionChange ManagementProject DeliveryStakeholder EngagementAI CultureView 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.

...(APIs, BI connectors, ML feature store), Governance (catalogue, lineage, access control), Quality (validation, monitoring, alerting). Additional reference architectures worth considering: Microservices...

1 dayIntensive
PracticalStandards exercise
ArchitectureEnterprise ContextStandardsReference ArchitectureGovernanceConsistencyView Details
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