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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.

...silos — may need integration Shared database Creates coupling — may need separation Data ownership anti-patterns: Centralised data team — all data owned by one team, bottleneck. Nobody owns data — quality...

1.5 DaysIntensive
CurrentSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureData StrategyAIData GovernanceData MeshData ProductsView Details
Technology Strategy & Architecture Strategy
Advanced (EA, TS)5-6 hoursTechnology strategy vs architecture strategy distinction map + strategy brief template

How to distinguish technology strategy from architecture strategy, connect both to business strategy, and define a coherent direction for the organisation's technology investments.

...strategy answers Architecture strategy answers "What cloud?" AWS, Azure, or GCP How we use cloud — patterns, governance, cost model "What database?" PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, or CosmosDB How data is owned,...

1.5 DaysIntensive
StrategicEA · TS
ArchitectureTechnology StrategyBusiness StrategyDirectionEnterprise ContextView Details
Why Architecture Exists
All levels — SA, EA, TS3-4 hoursArchitecture purpose framework — complexity · alignment · risk · change · shared understanding

Why architecture exists — managing complexity, aligning technology with business, reducing risk, enabling change, and creating shared understanding across teams.

...manageable — so systems can change, grow, and be understood without falling apart. Everything else — the patterns, the principles, the governance — is in service of this one purpose. Keep it in mind. Why does...

Half-dayIntensive
PurposeWhy it matters
ArchitectureFoundationsComplexityBusiness AlignmentView Details
AI Capabilities, Limitations & Use Cases
Beginner to Intermediate3-4 hoursTask-to-AI fit judgment + reference materials

What AI is genuinely good at, where it will let you down, and how to match the right task to the right tool. The judgment you need before you touch a prompt.

...needed. The model absorbed an enormous amount of human-created content and learned to reproduce its patterns with remarkable fidelity. Where that's enough — it genuinely shines. Language generation This...

Half DayIntensive
Beginner FriendlyNo math required
Generative AIAI CapabilitiesAI LimitationsHallucinationUse CasesAI FluencyView Details
AI Knowledge Systems — RAG, Search, Memory & Internal Knowledge
Intermediate4-5 hoursKnowledge system map + RAG decision framework + memory design checklist

Many useful AI systems are not smarter because the model is smarter. They are smarter because the system can retrieve, search, remember, and ground itself in the right knowledge at the right time.

...and grounding When to use RAG Internal knowledge design Chunking, freshness, and authority Failure patterns in knowledge systems Design principles that actually help When not to build a knowledge system The...

1 DaySystems Thinking
Knowledge DesignPractical
RAGSearchMemoryKnowledge SystemsInternal KnowledgeView Details
Responsible AI — Ethics, Risk & Governance
Beginner to Intermediate4-5 hoursAI risk map + personal responsibility checklist + governance starter framework

Using AI responsibly — covering ethics, bias, hallucination risk, data privacy, accountability, and organisational governance. The judgment to use AI fairly, safely, and in a way you can defend.

...at enormous scale, faster than any human oversight can catch, while sounding completely certain. The patterns of harm we've already seen are worth naming plainly: None of these are hypothetical. They are...

1 DayIntensive
Beginner FriendlyNo legal background required
Responsible AIAI EthicsAI RiskAI GovernanceBiasData PrivacyAI FluencyView 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.

...organisational, budget. What to leave out: Internal implementation details — class structures, algorithms, code patterns. Individual team processes — how teams run standups or manage backlogs. Temporary states — in-flight...

1 dayIntensive
PracticalCanvas exercise
ArchitectureEnterprise ContextCurrent StateTarget StateTransformationGap AnalysisView Details
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.

...frameworks, cloud services, libraries. Infrastructure — environments, CI/CD, monitoring, logging. Core patterns — how components communicate, how data flows, how errors are handled. Shared services — authentication,...

1 DayIntensive
PracticalSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureSolution DesignDeliveryAgileRunwayView Details
How Architects Think
All levels — SA, EA, TS5-6 hoursSystems thinking toolkit + abstraction ladder + decision heuristics reference card

The cognitive toolkit of architecture — systems thinking, abstraction, balancing business and technical concerns, deciding under uncertainty, and trade-off thinking. Builds the mindset, not just the knowledge.

...relationships. There are four levels of systems thinking. Events — what happened. "The deployment failed." Patterns — what happens repeatedly. "Deployments fail every Friday." Structure — what causes the patterns....

1 DayIntensive
MindsetNot just methods
ArchitectureFoundationsSystems ThinkingDecision MakingView 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.

...bottleneck. A database technology choice needs deep review. An API endpoint design within established patterns doesn't. Match the review format to the decision significance: Here's how the types compare:...

Half-dayIntensive
PracticalSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureGovernanceReviewDecision MakingAuthorityView Details
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