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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.

...under load, takes 30 seconds to respond, or exposes customer data isn't fit for purpose. I've seen teams build systems that do the right things — but do them slowly, unreliably, or insecurely. Quality...

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.

...Before we start — the one thing to hold onto Not every good idea can be funded. Budgets are finite, teams are finite, and attention is finite. I've seen investment decisions made on political power, whoever...

1 DayIntensive

StrategicEA · TS

Architecture Investment Prioritisation Business Case Strategy FinOps 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.

...Even the ones nobody drew. Even the ones that grew organically over five years with twelve different teams touching the codebase. The structure is there. The relationships are there. The decisions are there...

Half-dayIntensive

FoundationFor all roles

Architecture Foundations Decision Making 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

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.

...transformation. Database as integration — services share a database for data access. No catalogue — teams don't know what data exists. Data quality, ownership, flow, and access are architectural decisions...

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.

...alignment. Nobody communicates them. Review forums prevent four specific problems: Inconsistent decisions — teams choose differently for the same problem. Misalignment — decisions contradict strategy. Hidden decisions...

Half-dayIntensive

PracticalSA · EA · TS

Architecture Governance Review Decision Making Authority View Details

Standards & Reference Architectures

Intermediate (SA, EA)4-5 hoursReference architecture library starter + standards register + architecture principles catalogue

How to create, govern, and operationalise architecture standards and reference architectures — the agreed patterns and structures that create consistency, reduce duplication, and accelerate delivery at scale.

...expensive, and hard-to-operate landscape. I've seen organisations with 47 distinct technologies across 12 teams. Hiring was difficult. Integration was painful. Security review was overwhelmed. Standards and...

1 dayIntensive

PracticalStandards exercise

Architecture Enterprise Context Standards Reference Architecture Governance Consistency 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.

...Leadership sees cost, not value. The failure pattern is predictable: organisation sees AI hype, multiple teams start pilots, each pilot works in isolation, the same problems get solved multiple times, pilots...

2 DaysIntensive

Strategy + RoadmapDeliverable

AI Strategy Business Transformation Operating Model AI Maturity Value Realization 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.

...And most organisational data is not AI-ready. Organisations often invest millions in AI models and platforms while neglecting the data that feeds them. They build sophisticated systems on top of messy,...

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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