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AI Procurement, Vendor Evaluation & Tool Selection

Beginner to Intermediate3-4 hoursVendor evaluation scorecard + tool selection checklist + risk review template

Choosing AI tools is not a beauty contest. Learn how to evaluate vendors, compare capabilities, assess risk, avoid lock-in, and buy systems that your organisation can actually govern and adopt.

Quick Navigation Before we start — why buying AI is unusually noisy Why tool selection goes wrong What to evaluate beyond the demo The major decision...

Half DayDecision Focused

Vendor SelectionPractical

AI Procurement Vendor Evaluation Tool Selection Platform Strategy AI Governance View Details

AI Decision Rights: Who Decides What When No Human Is Watching?

Decision rights models assume human decision-makers. AI agents breach that assumption silently. Here is how to extend decision rights to cover autonomous actors before the first ungoverned decision becomes a production incident.

Executive Summary Who this is for: CTOs, Enterprise Architects, AI Governance Leads, Architecture Board Members, Heads of Engineering Problem it solves: Decision rights...

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AI Operating Model & Team Design

Intermediate4-5 hoursAI operating model blueprint + team role map + governance forum design

AI success is not just about tools. It depends on how teams are organised, who owns what, how standards are set, and how delivery, governance, and platform capabilities work together.

Quick Navigation Before we start — the organisational mistake behind many AI failures Why organisation design matters The major operating model patterns Platform, product, and...

1 DayStrategy

Operating ModelDesign

AI Operating Model Team Design AI Governance Transformation Platform Teams View Details

Nobody Uses ADRs as an Agentic Decision Log. They Should.

Why Architectural Decision Records are the only structure most organizations already have that can govern AI agent accountability — and how to extend them into an Agentic Decision Log before the EU AI Act deadline.

...CTOs, Solution Architects, Architecture Governance Teams Problem it solves: Organizations deploying AI agents have no structural record of who authorized the agent to act, what decisions it can make autonomously,...

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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.

...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 just about...

1 DayIntensive

StrategicSA · EA · TS

Architecture Sourcing Strategy Ecosystem Build vs Buy Vendor Management Strategy View Details