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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.

...that's technically elegant and practically unreachable. The danger signs: "We'll just migrate to the new platform" — without understanding what's on the old one. "The target state is microservices" — without...

1 dayIntensive

PracticalCanvas exercise

Architecture Enterprise Context Current State Target State Transformation Gap Analysis 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.

...A payment system that processes transactions correctly but has no redundancy is a business risk. A platform that works today but can't be modified without breaking things is on a path to legacy. The ISO...

1 DayIntensive

SA · EARoles

Architecture Quality Attributes Non Functional Requirements Design Tactics View 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. They have architecture diagrams but not architecture strategy. They invest in cloud, AI, and platforms because everyone else is — not because a deliberate analysis connected those investments to...

1.5 DaysIntensive

StrategicEA · TS

Architecture Technology Strategy Business Strategy Direction Enterprise Context View Details

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.

...ignores dependencies: teams are funded to build features on infrastructure that doesn't exist yet, or platforms are built for capabilities that no team is ready to use. Architecture reveals the dependency...

1 DayIntensive

StrategicEA · TS

Architecture Investment Prioritisation Business Case Strategy FinOps 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.

...don't exist in isolation. They're part of a portfolio — a connected collection of systems, programmes, platforms, and investments. Decisions made about one system ripple across others. An investment in one...

1 dayIntensive

StrategicPortfolio-level

Architecture Enterprise Context Portfolio Thinking Dependencies Investment Systems Thinking View 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.

...decisions. Try it yourself — Spot the architecture Think of a system you work with — an application, a platform, a service. Now answer these three questions: Question Your answer What are the main components?...

Half-dayIntensive

FoundationFor all roles

Architecture Foundations Decision Making View Details

Effective Prompt Engineering

Beginner to Advanced6-8 hoursFull prompt design framework + personal prompt library

Every major prompt engineering technique — from basic clarity to advanced agentic reasoning. Not a list of tips. A mental model you can apply to any task, any tool, any context.

...Every additional word is closing a gap that the first prompt left open — the format, the length, the platform, the audience, the topic, the angle. Each gap you close is a gap the model no longer has to...

2 DaysIntensive

19 TechniquesComplete Coverage

Prompt Engineering LLMs Generative AI Productivity AI Workflows View 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.

...documents Volume GB-TB TB-PB Quality "Good enough for reports" "Good enough for decisions" The AI data platform architecture has layers: Ingestion — batch + streaming + document ingestion. Storage — data...

1.5 DaysIntensive

CurrentSA · EA · TS

Architecture Data Strategy AI Data Governance Data Mesh Data Products 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.

...Decision-maker or architect. Consulted — provides input before the decision. Domain architects, security, platform team. Informed — notified after the decision. Affected teams, stakeholders. Board size rules:...

Half-dayIntensive

PracticalSA · EA · TS

Architecture Governance Review Decision Making Authority View 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.

...order. Five principles drive defensible sequencing: Dependencies first — what must exist before what. Platform before services. Foundations before features — shared capabilities before specific capabilities....

1.5 DaysIntensive

StrategicSA · EA · TS

Architecture Roadmap Transformation Sequencing Strategy Delivery View Details

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