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The Minimum Architecture Every Company Needs: The House, the Hallway, and the Doorbell

A practical architectural model explaining why most companies only need a modular monolith, a workflow orchestrator, and outcome-based events.

...status is updated Notification is sent Instead of modules calling each other directly, the orchestrator controls the process. Structure: User → Orchestrator → Modules Benefits include: clear workflow visibility...

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AI Decision-Making & Human Oversight

Beginner to Intermediate3-4 hoursHuman oversight framework + decision rights map + review checklist

AI can assist decisions, but accountability still belongs to people. Learn the operating rules for review, approval, escalation, confidence, and human authority in AI-supported work.

Quick Navigation Before we start — the oversight mistake everyone makes The control principle Assistance is not authority Levels of human oversight Decision support vs decision...

Half DayPractical

Control ModelDecision Ready

Human in the Loop AI Oversight Decision Making AI Governance Accountability View Details

Data & AI Direction

Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursData and AI direction framework + AI readiness assessment + governance overlay

How data strategy and AI direction connect to architecture — covering data quality, governance, data architecture for AI, AI enablement, responsible AI, data products, data mesh, and building a data and AI roadmap.

...who owns each data domain Event-driven communication Creates data flows between services API design Controls how data is accessed and consumed Database per service Creates data silos — may need integration...

1.5 DaysIntensive

CurrentSA · EA · TS

Architecture Data Strategy AI Data Governance Data Mesh Data Products View Details

AI Procurement, Vendor Evaluation & Tool Selection

Beginner to Intermediate3-4 hoursVendor evaluation scorecard + tool selection checklist + risk review template

Choosing AI tools is not a beauty contest. Learn how to evaluate vendors, compare capabilities, assess risk, avoid lock-in, and buy systems that your organisation can actually govern and adopt.

...feel pressure not to be left behind. Internal stakeholders bring different priorities: security wants control, delivery teams want speed, finance wants clarity, and end users want the tool that feels easiest....

Half DayDecision Focused

Vendor SelectionPractical

AI Procurement Vendor Evaluation Tool Selection Platform Strategy AI Governance View 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.

...Patterns, APIs, how to implement ADR, tech spec, diagrams Detailed Technical Security / Compliance Controls, evidence, audit readiness Control register, evidence Detailed Compliance Vendors / Partners...

1 DayIntensive

CriticalSA · EA · TS

Architecture Communication Storytelling Influence Stakeholders View Details

Build / Buy / Partner / Participate — Ecosystem Strategy

Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursBuild/buy/partner/participate decision framework + vendor and ecosystem evaluation scorecard + exit and switching cost analysis template

How to decide what to build, what to buy, what to access through partners, and what to participate in through ecosystems — covering differentiation vs commodity analysis, vendor evaluation, total cost of ownership, interoperability velocity, exit strategy, and lock-in risk.

...Build only what genuinely differentiates. Build when the capability is a differentiator and you need control over its evolution: Build checklist: This capability directly differentiates us from competitors....

1 DayIntensive

StrategicSA · EA · TS

Architecture Sourcing Strategy Ecosystem Build vs Buy Vendor Management Strategy View 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.

...body — consistency across domains. Platform owned by platform team — shared capability, not central control. Domain architecture owned by domain teams — autonomy within guardrails. Implementation owned...

1 DayIntensive

StrategicEA · TS

Architecture Operating Model Conway's Law Team Topologies Platform Teams Strategy View Details

Stakeholder Management & Politics

Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursStakeholder map template + conflict resolution framework + executive alignment guide

How to navigate organisational dynamics, manage conflicting priorities, resolve decision deadlocks, and build executive alignment — because the best architecture recommendation fails without stakeholder alignment.

...for. Align recommendations with incentives. Information flow — who knows what, and when. Pre-align to control the narrative. History — what's been tried before and failed. Learn the context; don't repeat...

1 DayIntensive

StrategicSA · EA · TS

Architecture Stakeholder Management Politics Influence Conflict Resolution View Details

AI Measurement & ROI

Intermediate to Senior Leaders3-4 hoursAI measurement framework + ROI model + leadership dashboard template

Proving AI's value — defining success before you start, attributing outcomes correctly, and reporting to leadership in a way they trust. The discipline of answering the question every executive asks: is this worth it?

...indicators, not just lagging ones Counterfactual problem Would the outcome have happened without AI? Use controlled experiments or baselines The counterfactual is the gold standard: what would have happened...

1 DayIntensive

ROI FrameworkDeliverable

AI ROI Value Measurement AI Metrics Business Impact AI Reporting View Details

AI Tools, Landscape & Platforms

Beginner to Intermediate3-4 hoursPersonal AI tools map + selection framework + team stack recommendation

The AI tools landscape — what the major platforms are, how they actually differ, and how to choose the right one for the right job. Stop chasing every new launch. Start making deliberate choices.

...understanding Meta Llama 4 Open-source flexibility, self-hosted deployment Your org needs full data control or can't send data to a vendor Mistral Efficient performance, EU data residency You're in a European...

Half DayIntensive

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