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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.

...architecture concern Data quality and governance Data architecture for AI AI enablement Responsible AI by design Data products and data mesh Building a data and AI roadmap Common mistakes Putting it all together Cheat...

1.5 DaysIntensive
CurrentSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureData StrategyAIData GovernanceData MeshData ProductsView 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.

...it all together Cheat sheet Before we start — the one thing to hold onto Without standards, every team solves the same problem differently. One team picks Kafka, another picks RabbitMQ, a third builds...

1 dayIntensive
PracticalStandards exercise
ArchitectureEnterprise ContextStandardsReference ArchitectureGovernanceConsistencyView 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.

...architects who had produced hundreds of diagrams over eighteen months, and when I asked a developer on the team why a particular technology was chosen, nobody could tell me. Not because the diagrams were bad....

Half-dayIntensive
FoundationFor all roles
ArchitectureFoundationsDecision MakingView Details
Fitness Functions Instead of Review Boards
Enterprise Architects, CTOs, Review Board Members, Engineering Leaders3-4 hoursA three-tier fitness function plan — your first three invariants automated, and the board agenda they retire

Batch review cannot govern continuous change. How to encode architectural invariants as automated checks — and what still belongs to the board.

...is not an argument that boards are bad. The inspector who visits once a month The review board was designed for a world where architectural decisions were rare and expensive. Design happened up front,...

1 DayIntensive
ContinuousNot batched
GovernanceFitness FunctionsArchitecture ReviewContinuous DeliveryView Details
Platform as a Product
CTOs, Heads of Platform Engineering, VP Engineering, Enterprise Architects, Platform Product Managers3-4 hoursA three-gate platform governance plan — validated backlog, a written scope boundary, and adoption targets per capability

An internal platform with no product owner builds what nobody asked for and skips what everybody needs — adoption, not completeness, is the only measure that counts.

...days Putting it all together Cheat sheet Before we start — the one thing to hold onto Most platform teams are measured on what they have built. Releases shipped, capabilities delivered, uptime held. Every...

1 DayIntensive
AdoptionNot feature count
Platform EngineeringInternal Developer PlatformProduct GovernanceGolden PathsView 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.

...adopted them or when a vendor announces EOL. By then, the response is rushed, expensive, and poorly designed. Scanning = filtering signal from noise — structured process with sources, cadence, evaluation...

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

...capability built twice is waste. A dependency missed is an outage waiting to happen. I've seen perfectly designed systems that couldn't integrate with the portfolio — and "suboptimal" systems that fit the portfolio...

1 dayIntensive
StrategicPortfolio-level
ArchitectureEnterprise ContextPortfolio ThinkingDependenciesInvestmentSystems ThinkingView Details
Requirements, Constraints, Trade-offs & Compromise
All levels — SA, EA, TS5-6 hoursTrade-off framework + constraint register template + requirements classification guide

The art of making the best possible architectural decision given what is required, what is constrained, and what must be sacrificed.

...together Cheat sheet Before we start — the one thing to hold onto Architecture isn't the art of the perfect design. It's the art of the best possible decision given three realities: what's required, what's constrained,...

1 DayIntensive
PracticeReal decisions
ArchitectureFoundationsRequirementsTrade OffsDecision MakingView Details
Stakeholder Management & Politics
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursStakeholder map template + conflict resolution framework + executive alignment guide

How to navigate organisational dynamics, manage conflicting priorities, resolve decision deadlocks, and build executive alignment — because the best architecture recommendation fails without stakeholder alignment.

...ignored. Every architecture decision exists within two systems — the technical system (what's the right design?) and the human system (who wants what, who decides, who's affected?). Architects must navigate...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureStakeholder ManagementPoliticsInfluenceConflict ResolutionView 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.

...metaphor is useful and limited The term "technical debt" is used loosely — sometimes for any code the team doesn't like, sometimes for any system older than two years. Without a clear definition, debt becomes...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureTechnical DebtRationalisationModernisationGovernanceView Details
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