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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.

...— Structure determines what can be done when Investment prioritisation is often done by finance or product — without architecture input. The result is sequencing that ignores dependencies: teams are funded...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicEA · TS
ArchitectureInvestmentPrioritisationBusiness CaseStrategyFinOpsView 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.

...Decision-maker Technology direction High Supportive Present directly VP Engineering Decision-maker Delivery speed High Cautious Pre-align on trade-offs Security lead Influencer Compliance Medium Concerned...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureStakeholder ManagementPoliticsInfluenceConflict ResolutionView Details
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How to understand, measure, prioritise, and reduce technical debt — the accumulated cost of shortcuts, outdated decisions, and deferred maintenance.

...the system becomes legacy, where change isn't just slow but dangerous. I've seen leadership ask why delivery is slowing while keeping the same number of engineers. The answer is always debt — invisible,...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureTechnical DebtRationalisationModernisationGovernanceView 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.

...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. In...

Half DayDecision Focused
Vendor SelectionPractical
AI ProcurementVendor EvaluationTool SelectionPlatform StrategyAI GovernanceView 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.

...mind. Category List it Could a new joiner learn this in a month? Domains owned Systems operated in production Tooling maintained Interfaces it must understand to integrate Questions other teams...

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

...storage to hold data, networking to connect components, and environments to separate development from production. Infrastructure design answers four questions: Compute — where does the code run? (VMs, containers,...

2 DaysIntensive
PracticalSA · EA
ArchitectureSolution DesignCloudInfrastructureSecurityFinOpsView Details
Platform Thinking
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursPlatform strategy canvas + internal platform design guide + shared capability register

How to shift from building one-off solutions to building reusable internal platforms — shared foundations that allow teams to deliver independently without solving the same problems repeatedly.

...bottleneck. Platform thinking is the third path: build a shared foundation that teams consume as a product. I've seen "platform initiatives" that were just centralised teams doing work for other teams....

1 DayIntensive
CurrentSA · EA · TS
ArchitecturePlatformDeveloper ExperienceInternal PlatformsSelf ServiceView Details
Technology Leadership & Organizational Excellence
Intermediate to AdvancedLeadership roadmap and team enablement plan

Learn to lead high-performance engineering organizations with clear decision rights, distributed leadership, and AI-augmented team management for the future of work.

...actually done? Step 1: Catalog decision types Examples: Architectural decisions (tech stack, patterns) Product prioritization (what to build) Hiring decisions (who to hire) Budget allocation (how to spend...

2 DaysWorkshop
FoundationFor all leadership roles
LeadershipOrganizational DesignDecision RightsAI Augmented TeamsView Details
Event Storming Workshop
Enterprise & Solution Architects, Principal Engineers, Product Managers, Domain ExpertsEvent timeline, domain hotspot map, aggregate boundaries, process ownership canvas

Get your developers, domain experts, and business stakeholders in the same room, speaking the same language, discovering the same system — in one day.

...just in theory — the people who run it) Developers and Engineers who build and maintain the system Product Managers and Business Analysts Solution Architects and Tech Leads Typical team size: 8-15 participants...

1 DayIntensive
Shared ModelOne Language
Event StormingDomain Driven DesignCollaborative ModellingSystem DiscoveryView Details
Case Study

From 15 AI Pilots to 6 Prioritized Initiatives

How a FinTech aligned AI strategy, governance, and execution in 8 weeks — cutting through pilot paralysis with a clear operating model.

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