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Developer Experience as a Control System
CTOs, Engineering Leads, Platform Engineering Teams, Engineering Managers3-4 hoursA delivery friction map across four sprints, one named constraint pillar, and a traced DX-to-delivery signal

DevEx is not a perk — it is the set of operating conditions that governs how fast and how safely change moves through your delivery system.

...non-constraint does not move throughput. It moves satisfaction scores. They sit outside the delivery governance structure. Delivery metrics are reviewed every sprint; DevEx metrics every quarter. That gap...

1 DayIntensive
ConditionsNot satisfaction
Developer ExperienceDelivery PerformanceFeedback LoopsPlatform EngineeringView Details
Application & Technology Landscape
All levels — SA, EA, TS4-5 hoursApplication landscape register + technology heat map + dependency matrix

How to build, read, and use the full picture of what an organisation runs — every application, platform, integration, and technology — and how they depend on each other.

...replacement planned Technology debt — risk of unsupported systems Integrations with no documented owner Governance gap — who fixes it when it breaks? Applications with no clear business capability Zombie...

1 dayIntensive
PracticalLandscape exercise
ArchitectureEnterprise ContextApplication LandscapeTechnology LandscapeRationalisationDependenciesView 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.

...expensive. Buying gives you a product but not the relationship. Partnering gives you access — with governance to manage the relationship. Partner when you need capability access without the overhead...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureSourcing StrategyEcosystemBuild vs BuyVendor ManagementStrategyView Details
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.

...Order Fulfilment 3 — Governed 3 — Governed Maintain Product Launch 2 — Documented 4 — Measured Add governance, add metrics Risk Assessment 1 — Ad hoc 5 — Adaptive Full maturity build Dimensions to...

1 dayIntensive
PracticalCanvas exercise
ArchitectureEnterprise ContextCurrent StateTarget StateTransformationGap AnalysisView 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.

...what? Identify layers — foundation → platform → service → feature. Assess readiness — skills, platform, governance, operations. Order by layer, then by readiness, then by value. Sequence by dependency and...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicEA · TS
ArchitectureInvestmentPrioritisationBusiness CaseStrategyFinOpsView 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've been doing this for twenty years. The answers range from "vision" to "strategy" to "governance." All true. None precise. Here's what architects produce: Decisions — what to do and what...

Half-dayIntensive
FoundationFor all roles
ArchitectureFoundationsDecision MakingView Details
AI Adoption, Change & Project Delivery
Intermediate5-6 hoursAI adoption playbook + stakeholder engagement plan + delivery framework

Moving AI from exciting pilot to boring-but-valuable production. The people, the process, and the delivery discipline that turns AI potential into daily practice.

...Embedded in existing workflow Monitoring Manual checks Automated alerting on drift and performance Governance Relaxed Full compliance and audit trail Support Build team Operations team with defined...

2 DaysIntensive
Adoption PlaybookDeliverable
AI AdoptionChange ManagementProject DeliveryStakeholder EngagementAI CultureView Details
AI Use Case Discovery & Prioritization
Beginner to Intermediate4-5 hoursAI use case portfolio + prioritisation matrix + pilot shortlist

The hardest AI question is often not how to build, but what to build first. Learn how to find real use cases, assess fit, sequence experiments, and avoid expensive distractions.

...Strategic bets build long-term advantage, but they usually need more groundwork in data, workflows, or governance. The mistake is choosing only one. Quick wins alone create shallow transformation. Big bets...

1 DayWorkshop
Portfolio DesignPractical
AI Use CasesPrioritizationAI StrategyPortfolio ManagementValue RealizationView 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.

...Embed architects in delivery; be present Was bureaucratic "Architecture is a bottleneck" Automate governance; deliver value quickly Was unclear "What do architects actually do?" Demonstrate quick wins;...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureStakeholder ManagementPoliticsInfluenceConflict ResolutionView Details
Technology, Infrastructure, Cloud & Security Design
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA)6-8 hoursInfrastructure decision framework + cloud pattern reference + security controls map

Where abstract architecture meets physical reality — choosing the platforms, compute, networking, and security controls that make the solution work at scale.

...right-size resources, use reserved/spot pricing, schedule non-production environments, eliminate waste. Governance — set budgets, alert on anomalies, make teams accountable for their own cloud spend. FinOps...

2 DaysIntensive
PracticalSA · EA
ArchitectureSolution DesignCloudInfrastructureSecurityFinOpsView Details
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