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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.

...What a good target state includes: Principles — guiding rules: "API-first," "data owned by domains," "cloud-native." Capabilities — which capabilities are enabled, improved, or new. Boundaries — how the...

1 dayIntensive
PracticalCanvas exercise
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.

...What it covers Techniques Architecture patterns, practices, methodologies Platforms Infrastructure, cloud, runtime platforms Tools Development tools, CI/CD, observability Languages & Frameworks Programming...

Half-dayIntensive
PracticalSA · EA · TS
Investment & Prioritisation
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.

..."Build a data platform" "Enable real-time analytics that reduce customer churn by 15%" "Migrate to cloud" "Reduce infrastructure cost by 30% and improve deployment frequency by 5x" "Pay down technical...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicEA · TS
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.

...compliance-to-architecture mapping: Regulatory requirement Architecture decision Data must stay in EU Cloud region selection — EU-only; no cross-region replication outside EU Data encrypted at rest All storage...

1 DayIntensive
CriticalSA · EA · TS
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.

...templates for common problems Teams facing common problems — "build an integration platform," "set up a cloud landing zone," "design a data platform" — shouldn't start from scratch every time. A reference...

1 dayIntensive
PracticalStandards exercise
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.

...Medium / High Image generation Audio Video On-device AI — local, private, fast Most AI today runs in the cloud — your data is sent to a server, processed, and results returned. This creates latency, privacy,...

Half DayIntensive
Horizon ScanDeliverable
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.

...Integration Synchronous Asynchronous Simplicity vs resilience Database SQL NoSQL Structure vs flexibility Cloud Single cloud Multi-cloud Simplicity vs risk mitigation API style REST GraphQL Standardisation vs...

1 DayIntensive
PracticeReal decisions
Technical Debt & Rationalisation
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursTechnical debt taxonomy + rationalisation prioritisation framework + modernisation criteria

How to understand, measure, prioritise, and reduce technical debt — the accumulated cost of shortcuts, outdated decisions, and deferred maintenance.

...problems. Re-build — rewrite from scratch. System is beyond repair; complete replacement. Re-host — move to cloud without changes. Quick cloud migration; address debt later. Four strategies — modernise, replace,...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicSA · EA · TS
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.

...Choosing a single database for everything increases single-point-of-failure risk. Going all-in on one cloud provider increases vendor lock-in risk. Tightly coupling services increases integration failure...

Half-dayIntensive
PurposeWhy it matters
AI Implementation & Technical Architecture
Intermediate to Advanced5-7 hoursAI architecture blueprint + MLOps framework + deployment playbook

Turning AI prototypes into reliable, scalable production systems. MLOps, model serving, RAG architecture, monitoring, and the engineering discipline that most AI projects are missing.

...high-bandwidth networking, large storage, and specialised software stacks. Choice Options Trade-offs Cloud vs on-premise AWS, GCP, Azure vs own hardware Flexibility vs control, OpEx vs CapEx GPU type NVIDIA...

2 DaysIntensive
ArchitectureBlueprint