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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.

Quick Navigation Start here — Solution design Application design Integration patterns API design Interface design Data design Process design Putting it together Cheat...

2 DaysIntensive

ComprehensiveSA · EA

Architecture Solution Design Integration API Design Data Design View Details

MCP Is Not an AI Protocol. It Is a Governance Layer.

MCP is classified as an AI integration protocol. It is actually a governance primitive — the stable interface layer that architecture fitness functions have been missing for years.

...was adopting MCP to connect AI agents to internal systems. The engineering team saw it as a protocol integration. The security team saw it as a data exposure risk. Neither was wrong — but neither was asking...

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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.

...technology landscape is the full picture of what an organisation runs — every application, platform, integration, and technology — and how they depend on each other. It's the foundation for every rationalisation,...

1 dayIntensive

PracticalLandscape exercise

Architecture Enterprise Context Application Landscape Technology Landscape Rationalisation Dependencies View Details

Automation & Agentic Systems

Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)6-7 hoursAutomation opportunity map + agent architecture blueprint + MCP/A2A integration guide + Agentic Risk & Cost Framework

How AI-powered architectures that plan, act, and use tools autonomously are reshaping integration and workflow — covering agentic patterns, MCP and A2A protocols, orchestration frameworks, human-in-the-loop design, guardrails, observability, and economic risk management.

...They're fundamentally different. Agents plan, act, and use tools — the architecture challenge shifts from integration to orchestration. Agentic systems require new architectural patterns — orchestration, memory,...

1.5 DaysIntensive

CurrentSA · EA · TS

Architecture AI Agents Agentic Systems MCP A2A Automation Orchestration View Details

Security Is Not a Gate. It Is an Architecture Property.

Security is treated as a gate at the end of delivery. It should be an architecture property designed into three distinct boundaries. Here is the model that fixes the friction between security and delivery.

...security. A team builds a service. They design the API. They define the data model. They choose the integration pattern. They run the tests. At the end, security reviews it. The reviewer finds: no encryption...

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ADR Templates: 5 Variations for Different Contexts + Governance Automation

One ADR template does not fit every architectural context. Five purpose-built variations — for standard decisions, agentic AI, cross-domain impact, fast delivery, and high-risk reversals — plus governance automation to make the system run without manual follow-up.

...governance. Template 1 — Standard ADR Context: The everyday architectural decision. A technology choice. An integration pattern. A data model shape. Affects one system. Reversible within a sprint. Made by one...

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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.

...implement. Boards approve. Governance reviews. Then an agent enters. It routes traffic. It selects integration patterns. It triages incidents. It approves transactions. It resolves ambiguous schemas by...

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Architectural Decision Records (ADR): The Missing Layer Between Strategy and Implementation

A practical guide explaining why Architectural Decision Records (ADR) are the missing link between enterprise architecture strategy and engineering implementation.

...levels. Enterprise Architecture Defines strategic direction: Technology standards Platform strategy Integration principles Capability models This answers: What should the technology landscape look like?...

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Architecture in the Age of AI: What Can Be Automated — and What Cannot

A governance-driven perspective explaining why software architecture cannot be automated because decision accountability and consequence ownership cannot be delegated to AI.

...already capable of: Generating reference architectures Comparing cloud deployment models Suggesting integration patterns Identifying scalability bottlenecks Producing documentation Simulating trade-offs...

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Architecture vs Design: Why Most Organizations Confuse Them

A clear explanation of the difference between architecture and design, why organizations confuse them, and how this confusion creates structural instability in technology systems.

...system. It answers questions like: What capabilities must exist? How are major components separated? What integration patterns are allowed? Where are data ownership boundaries? What technology constraints exist? What...

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