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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.

...loud in a way that makes rational selection harder than it should be. Capabilities evolve quickly. Vendors describe overlapping features in different language. Marketing claims outrun operational maturity....

Half DayDecision Focused

Vendor SelectionPractical

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

...Differentiation vs commodity When to build When to buy When to partner When to participate Evaluating vendors Total cost of ownership Interoperability velocity Exit strategy Lock-in risk Putting it all together Cheat...

1 DayIntensive

StrategicSA · EA · TS

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

Your HCI Proof of Concept Measures the Wrong Thing.

Most organizations evaluate private cloud and HCI platforms by running a technical POC. The POC passes. The platform fails. The reason is structural — and fixable. The Platform Fitness Evaluation Model (PFEM) tells you what to measure instead.

...decision. It is an operating model decision. Core outcome: A structured model called the Platform Fitness Evaluation Model (PFEM) that evaluates the five layers that actually determine whether a platform succeeds Time...

Enterprise Architecture Infrastructure Private Cloud Hyperconverged Infrastructure Platform Selection Governance Technology Leadership Read Insight

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.

...Non-Delegable The decision class must always be resolved by a human actor Architecture principle changes, vendor selection, regulatory attestation, budget allocation, team structure The Delegation Scope is not...

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The Enterprise AI Operating Model: From Experimentation to Institutional Capability

A structured executive guide explaining how to move from AI experimentation to an Enterprise AI Operating Model with governance, autonomy control, and cost discipline.

...15 AI pilots over 18 months. None had reached production. Each pilot had its own tech stack, its own vendor relationship, and its own definition of success. The CTO described it as "innovation theatre —...

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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.

...organisations discover technology shifts only when a competitor has already adopted them or when a vendor announces EOL. By then, the response is rushed, expensive, and poorly designed. Scanning = filtering...

Half-dayIntensive

PracticalSA · EA · TS

Architecture Technology Radar Horizon Scanning Innovation Strategy View 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.

...choose technology for the wrong reasons — because they used it before, because it's trending, because a vendor suggested it. The right choice depends on context. Technology and infrastructure design is where...

2 DaysIntensive

PracticalSA · EA

Architecture Solution Design Cloud Infrastructure Security FinOps View Details

AI Tools, Landscape & Platforms

Beginner to Intermediate3-4 hoursPersonal AI tools map + selection framework + team stack recommendation

The AI tools landscape — what the major platforms are, how they actually differ, and how to choose the right one for the right job. Stop chasing every new launch. Start making deliberate choices.

...Open-source flexibility, self-hosted deployment Your org needs full data control or can't send data to a vendor Mistral Efficient performance, EU data residency You're in a European compliance context or optimising...

Half DayIntensive

Beginner FriendlyNo technical background required

AI Tools AI Platforms Generative AI AI Landscape LLMs AI Fluency View Details

Future of AI

Intermediate to Senior Leaders3-4 hoursAI horizon scan + strategic implications analysis + preparation roadmap

What's coming in AI — multimodal models, on-device AI, open-source momentum, protocols, regulation, and the shift to AI-native organisations. See around the corner without falling for hype.

...leaves your infrastructure Capability Rapidly closing gap Currently leading edge Support Community Vendor support Operational burden You manage everything Vendor manages everything Open-source models...

Half DayIntensive

Horizon ScanDeliverable

Future of AI AI Trends Multimodal AI AI Regulation Emerging Technology View Details

Technology Strategy & Architecture Strategy

Advanced (EA, TS)5-6 hoursTechnology strategy vs architecture strategy distinction map + strategy brief template

How to distinguish technology strategy from architecture strategy, connect both to business strategy, and define a coherent direction for the organisation's technology investments.

...to the business outcome. Technology strategy answers "what do we invest in?" — cloud, AI, platforms, vendors. Architecture strategy answers "how do we organise what we invest in?" — structure, integration,...

1.5 DaysIntensive

StrategicEA · TS

Architecture Technology Strategy Business Strategy Direction Enterprise Context View Details

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