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Delivery, Implementation & Architecture Runway

Intermediate (SA, EA, TS)4-5 hoursArchitecture runway template + delivery dependency map + agile architecture checklist

How architecture supports delivery instead of blocking it — covering architecture runway, phased implementation, dependency management, keeping teams unblocked, and recovering when architecture goes wrong during delivery.

...features immediately. But some architectural decisions — choosing the database, setting up the messaging infrastructure, defining the API framework — must be made before feature work begins. Architecture runway...

1 DayIntensive

PracticalSA · EA · TS

Architecture Solution Design Delivery Agile Runway View Details

Portfolio & Dependency Thinking

All levels — SA, EA, TS4-5 hoursPortfolio map template + dependency radar + investment alignment grid

How to see all systems, initiatives, and investments as a connected whole — understanding dependencies, shared capabilities, and how decisions in one place ripple across others.

...transformation, AI programme Investments Financial commitments to technology Licensing, development, infrastructure, skills What portfolio visibility reveals: How many systems we run — baseline for rationalisation....

1 dayIntensive

StrategicPortfolio-level

Architecture Enterprise Context Portfolio Thinking Dependencies Investment Systems Thinking View 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.

...attributes" is preferred — it signals these are first-class design concerns. "Quality of service" is used in infrastructure and networking contexts. Architects should use "quality attributes" to signal importance. Quality...

1 DayIntensive

SA · EARoles

Architecture Quality Attributes Non Functional Requirements Design Tactics 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.

...standards), Data Steward (manages day-to-day quality and metadata), Data Engineer (builds and maintains infrastructure and pipelines), Data Consumer (uses data for analysis or AI — must follow governance policies). Data...

1.5 DaysIntensive

Data ReadinessAssessment

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

Capability Mapping & Business Outcomes

All levels — SA, EA, TS4-5 hoursBusiness capability map template + capability-to-outcome linkage model

How to build business capability maps, connect them to technology, and link capabilities to strategic outcomes — the bridge between business strategy and technical architecture.

...Tax. People — Recruitment, Onboarding, Performance Management, Learning & Development. Technology — Infrastructure Management, Application Development, Security Operations, Data Management. Risk & Compliance...

1.5 daysIntensive

PracticalMap-building exercise

Architecture Capability Mapping Business Strategy Enterprise Context Business Outcomes View Details

Common Architecture Patterns

Intermediate (SA, EA)5-7 hoursPattern selection guide + pattern comparison matrix + anti-pattern catalogue

Proven, reusable solutions to recurring structural problems — each with known trade-offs that make it suited to some contexts and unsuitable for others.

...We can draw clean boundaries between our business capabilities We have CI/CD, monitoring, and infrastructure automation Each service would have a dedicated owning team We can decompose our data...

1.5 DaysIntensive

PracticalSA · EA

Architecture Solution Design Patterns Microservices Event Driven View Details

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.

...categories): Quadrant What it covers Techniques Architecture patterns, practices, methodologies Platforms Infrastructure, cloud, runtime platforms Tools Development tools, CI/CD, observability Languages...

Half-dayIntensive

PracticalSA · EA · TS

Architecture Technology Radar Horizon Scanning Innovation 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.

...deployment automation. They don't write application code. Observability — logging, metrics, tracing infrastructure. They don't monitor application-specific metrics. Deployment — Kubernetes clusters, environments....

1 DayIntensive

StrategicEA · TS

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

...databases, missing patterns. Detected by architecture assessment. Very high cost — requires restructuring. Infrastructure debt — manual processes, outdated environments, no IaC. Detected by operational review....

1 DayIntensive

StrategicSA · EA · TS

Architecture Technical Debt Rationalisation Modernisation Governance View Details

AI Strategy & Business Transformation

Intermediate to Senior Leaders5-7 hoursAI strategy framework + operating model blueprint + 12-month roadmap

Building an AI strategy that drives real business transformation. Vision, operating models, value frameworks, maturity assessment, and portfolio management. Turn AI potential into measurable outcomes.

...coordination Most mature organisations converge on Hybrid: Component Ownership Why AI Platform (tools, infrastructure, shared services) Central team Economies of scale, consistent governance AI Use Cases...

2 DaysIntensive

Strategy + RoadmapDeliverable

AI Strategy Business Transformation Operating Model AI Maturity Value Realization View Details

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