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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.

...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
ArchitectureData StrategyAIData GovernanceData MeshData ProductsView 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.

...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
ArchitectureGovernanceReviewDecision MakingAuthorityView 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
ArchitectureEnterprise ContextStandardsReference ArchitectureGovernanceConsistencyView 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 StrategyBusiness TransformationOperating ModelAI MaturityValue RealizationView 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 QualityData GovernanceData ArchitectureFeature EngineeringData PipelinesRAGVector DatabasesGenAI DataAI FluencyView Details
Paying Down Debt Through Feature Work
CTOs, Engineering Leaders, Enterprise Architects, Product Leaders3-4 hoursA feature-driven debt reduction policy — the rule, the visibility mechanism, and the two questions review asks about every feature

Debt accumulates faster than refactoring projects can remove it. Fund architecture improvement through the product roadmap instead of competing with it.

...sheet Before we start — the one thing to hold onto Every engineering organisation recognises technical debt. Teams say: we should refactor this, this module needs redesign, we need to clean up the architecture. Then...

1 DayIntensive
ContinuousNot a project
Technical DebtArchitecture EvolutionProduct DeliveryGovernanceView 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
ArchitectureRoadmapTransformationSequencingStrategyDeliveryView 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.

...11 — EOL Dec 2024 All Java services Medium — security patches stop Fixed — deadline approaching High Platform team TD-003 Deliberate No caching on product search Product Service Low — acceptable for current...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureTechnical DebtRationalisationModernisationGovernanceView 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.

...for architecture decisions. Key properties of a capability: Stable — doesn't change when processes, teams, or systems change. Unique — each capability is distinct, no duplication. Technology-free — describes...

1.5 daysIntensive
PracticalMap-building exercise
ArchitectureCapability MappingBusiness StrategyEnterprise ContextBusiness OutcomesView Details
Execution Stability & Structured Refactoring
CTOs, Engineering Directors, Principal Engineers, Engineering Managers3-4 hoursA classified structural risk map — your top friction modules sorted into dicing, slicing and peeling with a governance rule attached

Delivery slows because structural entropy accumulates unmeasured. Classify refactoring into dicing, slicing and peeling to restore predictability.

...classification. They lack governance. They lack structural metrics. And the consequences are predictable: Teams argue about how much to refactor. With no shared classification, every proposal is a matter of...

1 DayIntensive
LayersNot cleanup
Execution StabilityRefactoringDelivery PredictabilityStructural RiskView Details
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