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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.

...become expensive. At that stage the organisation is forced into major rewrites, migration programmes or platform rebuilds — all because technical debt was isolated instead of integrated into development. The...

1 DayIntensive
ContinuousNot a project
Technical DebtArchitecture EvolutionProduct DeliveryGovernanceView 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.

...verification service Full Customer Support Ticketing system CRM, Knowledge base Full Customer Analytics BI Platform Data warehouse Partial — no real-time Order Fulfilment ERP Warehouse management, Shipping...

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.

...high-risk legacy subsystems. When to use it: scaling limitations; regulatory isolation requirements; platform modernisation initiatives; acquisition integrations. Business impact: reduced blast radius,...

1 DayIntensive
LayersNot cleanup
Execution StabilityRefactoringDelivery PredictabilityStructural RiskView Details
Application, Integration, API, Interface, Data & Process Design
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA)6-8 hoursIntegration design playbook + API design standards + data movement pattern guide

How the components of a solution are structured internally, how they communicate with each other, and how they connect to the data and processes they depend on.

...mesh — domain teams own their data products as first-class assets. Scalable ownership — but requires platform investment. Consistency models: Strong — every read sees the latest write. Latency, availability...

2 DaysIntensive
ComprehensiveSA · EA
ArchitectureSolution DesignIntegrationAPI DesignData DesignView 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.

...for capabilities you need but don't want to own. Participate in ecosystems — standards bodies, shared platforms, AI marketplaces — when the value is in the network, not in ownership. Sourcing strategy isn't...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureSourcing StrategyEcosystemBuild vs BuyVendor ManagementStrategyView Details
Emerging Technology Scanning
All levels — SA, EA, TS3-4 hoursTechnology radar template + horizon scanning process + hype vs signal evaluation criteria

How to monitor what is coming, filter signal from noise, and make deliberate decisions about when and how to adopt new technologies — before being forced to react.

...categories): Quadrant What it covers Techniques Architecture patterns, practices, methodologies Platforms Infrastructure, cloud, runtime platforms Tools Development tools, CI/CD, observability...

Half-dayIntensive
PracticalSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureTechnology RadarHorizon ScanningInnovationStrategyView 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.

...gone. The model only works with what is placed in front of it right now, in this conversation. If the platform stores and re-injects your history, there's an experience of continuity. But the underlying...

Half DayIntensive
Beginner FriendlyNo math required
Generative AIAI CapabilitiesAI LimitationsHallucinationUse CasesAI FluencyView Details
Conway's Law & Team Boundaries
CTO, VP Engineering, Engineering Directors, Principal Engineers3-4 hoursTwo-layer boundary map — the official org design set against actual incident load, with every structural gap named

Your architecture mirrors your communication structure whether you designed it that way or not — which makes team boundaries an architectural decision.

...Layer Incident Load Layer Team A owns Service X Team B resolved 68% of Service X incidents in Q1 Platform team is a shared service One senior engineer resolved all P1 platform incidents Service Y...

1 DayIntensive
BoundariesStructure as design
Conway's LawTeam TopologiesOrganisational DesignTeam BoundariesView Details
Architecture Governance
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursGovernance model canvas + architecture principles register + escalation path template

How to design, implement, and measure architecture governance — the mechanisms that ensure decisions are made consistently, applied correctly, and aligned with strategy.

...to guided (templates and checklists) to automated checks (CI/CD fitness functions) to self-service (platforms enforce standards). The goal is to move right. Govern with automation and defaults — not meetings...

1 DayIntensive
PracticalSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureGovernancePrinciplesDecision MakingControlView Details
Common Architecture Patterns
Intermediate (SA, EA)5-7 hoursPattern selection guide + pattern comparison matrix + anti-pattern catalogue

Proven, reusable solutions to recurring structural problems — each with known trade-offs that make it suited to some contexts and unsuitable for others.

...undifferentiated heavy lifting — it doesn't create business value but consumes engineering time. Serverless and platform-based approaches trade control for convenience. The provider manages the infrastructure; you...

1.5 DaysIntensive
PracticalSA · EA
ArchitectureSolution DesignPatternsMicroservicesEvent DrivenView Details
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