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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.

...start — the one thing to hold onto Architecture that can't be communicated can't be adopted. The most technically correct decision is worthless if the people who need to implement it don't understand it,...

1 DayIntensive

CriticalSA · EA · TS

Architecture Communication Storytelling Influence Stakeholders View Details

Review Forums & Decision Authority

Intermediate (SA, EA, TS)3-4 hoursArchitecture board design guide + review charter template + decision rights matrix

How to design, run, and improve architecture review forums — the structured spaces where decisions are evaluated, challenged, approved, and communicated.

...reviews exist Types of review Who sits in which forum Running effective reviews Decision authority Technical leadership groups Common failure modes Putting it all together Cheat sheet Before we start...

Half-dayIntensive

PracticalSA · EA · TS

Architecture Governance Review Decision Making Authority View Details

AI Evaluation, Testing & Validation

Intermediate to Advanced4-6 hoursEvaluation framework + test matrix + validation workflow

If you cannot evaluate an AI system, you cannot trust it. Learn how to test prompts, retrieval, agents, workflows, and production behaviour before confidence turns into risk.

...agent can still appear magical in a controlled environment. That is why AI evaluation is not a minor technical detail. It is the discipline that stops organisations from mistaking fluency for reliability....

1 DayHands-on

ValidationCore Discipline

AI Evaluation Testing Validation Quality Assurance Production AI 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.

...humans in organisations with competing priorities, limited budgets, and conflicting agendas. The best technical recommendation fails without stakeholder alignment — not because it's wrong, but because the...

1 DayIntensive

StrategicSA · EA · TS

Architecture Stakeholder Management Politics Influence Conflict Resolution 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.

...stakeholders bring different priorities: security wants control, delivery teams want speed, finance wants clarity, and end users want the tool that feels easiest. In that environment, procurement needs more...

Half DayDecision Focused

Vendor SelectionPractical

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

...quality issues, regulatory requirements, and organisational capacity. The result is a target state that's technically elegant and practically unreachable. The danger signs: "We'll just migrate to the new platform"...

1 dayIntensive

PracticalCanvas exercise

Architecture Enterprise Context Current State Target State Transformation Gap Analysis View Details

AI Agents and Automation

Intermediate to Advanced6-8 hoursAgent use case map + architecture blueprint + governance framework

AI agents — what they are, how they work, the protocols shaping them (MCP, A2A), and the governance you need before you let one act on your behalf. The bridge between AI that talks and AI that does.

..."Retrieve relevant policy documents" Long-term Cross-session Persistent "This user prefers detailed technical answers" Episodic Specific events Persistent "Last time this query was run, the API returned...

2 DaysIntensive

Agent DesignWorkshop

AI Agents Agentic AI MCP A2A Multi Agent Systems AI Orchestration View Details

AI in the Workplace

Beginner to Intermediate3-4 hoursPersonal AI workflow map + role-specific use case library

Applying AI in real work contexts — across roles, tasks, and teams. Move from knowing what AI is to using it every day, without hype, without fear, and without wasting time on the wrong things.

...record for what you found. Explain is where AI often surprises people with its usefulness. Complex technical content converted into plain language for a non-technical audience, a legal clause put into...

Half DayIntensive

Beginner FriendlyNo math required

AI in the Workplace Generative AI Productivity AI Fluency Use Cases AI Workflows View 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.

...first. Replace identifying details before prompting. The AI processes the anonymised version only. Technical controls available to IT teams: network-level blocking to prevent access to unapproved AI domains....

1 DayIntensive

Beginner FriendlyNo legal background required

AI Policy AI Security Organisational Controls AI Governance Data Security Compliance AI Fluency View 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.

...decentralised data in large organisations. Architecture decisions cascade into AI Implementation & Technical Architecture. Feature stores bridge data engineering and ML engineering — a critical integration...

1.5 DaysIntensive

Data ReadinessAssessment

Data Quality Data Governance Data Architecture Feature Engineering Data Pipelines RAG Vector Databases GenAI Data AI Fluency View Details

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