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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.

...Google) are managed by the vendor — you access them via API or consumer product, you don't control the infrastructure, and your data handling depends on your agreement with that vendor. They tend to perform...

Half DayIntensive
Beginner FriendlyNo technical background required
AI ToolsAI PlatformsGenerative AIAI LandscapeLLMsAI FluencyView Details
What is Generative AI?
Beginner3-4 hoursClear mental model of Generative AI + reference materials

Generative AI — what it actually is, how it works, what it's good at, and where it goes wrong. No hype. No math. Just clarity.

...models? Data — Do you have clean, accessible data the AI can learn from? Compute — Do you have the infrastructure to run AI at the scale you need? Where is your weakest dial? What would it take to turn...

Half DayIntensive
Beginner FriendlyNo math required
Generative AILLMsAI FundamentalsMachine LearningView 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.

...Standards benefit — does adopting this standard improve our interoperability? Shared cost — does sharing infrastructure reduce our cost? Influence — can we shape the ecosystem direction? Exit cost — how hard...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureSourcing StrategyEcosystemBuild vs BuyVendor ManagementStrategyView 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.

...Fine-tuning Training on your data Training pipeline + compute Inference Running the model Serving infrastructure + cost management The RAG architecture in detail: User Query → Embedding Generation...

1.5 DaysIntensive
CurrentSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureData StrategyAIData GovernanceData MeshData ProductsView Details
Roadmaps & Transformation Sequencing
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-7 hoursRoadmap template + transition state design guide + sequencing logic + dependency overlay

How to build multi-year transformation roadmaps that sequence architectural change realistically — accounting for dependencies, capacity, risk, and the fact that the organisation must continue operating while it transforms.

...their dependencies: Initiative Depends on Type Blocking? Risk if delayed e.g. API Gateway Platform infrastructure Technical Yes — blocks 5 services High If you have more than two "blocking" dependencies,...

1.5 DaysIntensive
StrategicSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureRoadmapTransformationSequencingStrategyDeliveryView Details
What Architecture Is
All levels — SA, EA, TS3-4 hoursArchitecture definition canvas + what it is / what it isn't reference card

What software and enterprise architecture actually is — its structure, relationships, and decisions — and what it is not. No diagrams. No jargon. Just clarity.

...component-level decision — like "use event sourcing in this service" — ripples upward. Suddenly you need event infrastructure. Suddenly other teams want to publish and subscribe. Suddenly your system architecture...

Half-dayIntensive
FoundationFor all roles
ArchitectureFoundationsDecision MakingView 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?

...returns. Cost categories to account for: development (data preparation, model building, testing), infrastructure (compute, storage, tools, licences), talent (AI team salaries, training, hiring), and...

1 DayIntensive
ROI FrameworkDeliverable
AI ROIValue MeasurementAI MetricsBusiness ImpactAI ReportingView Details
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.

...capabilities DeepSeek DeepSeek Reasoning and code capabilities Open Source Closed (API) Cost Infrastructure only Per-request pricing Customisation Full fine-tuning possible Limited customisation...

Half DayIntensive
Horizon ScanDeliverable
Future of AIAI TrendsMultimodal AIAI RegulationEmerging TechnologyView Details
Decision Rights & Delegation
Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, Directors, CTO, VP Engineering3-4 hoursDecision rights map by altitude and domain, with every gap, overlap and delay node named

Decisions made at the wrong altitude are the commonest source of both bottleneck and drift — which makes delegation a design problem, not a trust problem.

...CTO Standards Approved technologies, languages, protocols Enterprise Architecture Platform Core infrastructure and shared service decisions Platform Engineering + EA Integration APIs, events, contracts...

1 DayIntensive
AltitudeWho decides what
Decision RightsDelegationGovernanceDecision VelocityView Details
Developer Experience as a Control System
CTOs, Engineering Leads, Platform Engineering Teams, Engineering Managers3-4 hoursA delivery friction map across four sprints, one named constraint pillar, and a traced DX-to-delivery signal

DevEx is not a perk — it is the set of operating conditions that governs how fast and how safely change moves through your delivery system.

...rather than an accident of team culture. Environment Reliability. The developer environment is delivery infrastructure — not a workstation preference, not an IT provisioning detail. It is the surface on which...

1 DayIntensive
ConditionsNot satisfaction
Developer ExperienceDelivery PerformanceFeedback LoopsPlatform EngineeringView Details
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