Architecture decisions you won't regret in three years.
Target architecture, platform choices and build-versus-buy decisions grounded in cost and capability.
One call with a senior engineer. A straight answer on what it would take.
Where you are. Where you’ll be.
You need this if
- Every team picks its own tools
- A major platform decision is due this year
- Your architecture can't support the AI plans being discussed
What changes for your business
- A target architecture everyone builds toward
- Lower total cost through rationalized platforms
- Documented reasoning behind big technology bets
What we hand over
- Architecture assessment and target state
- Build-versus-buy and vendor evaluations
- Application and platform rationalization plan
- Architecture decision records and principles
What it is
IT strategy and architecture advisory sets the target shape of a company's technology: platforms, integration patterns, data and security foundations, and the principles for future choices. Its most valuable output is good decisions on expensive, long-lived platform commitments, made with total cost and lock-in in view.
Platform choices made today become constraints for a decade. We assess your current architecture, define a target state that supports your strategy and AI ambitions, compare options on total cost and lock-in risk, and give you decision records your teams can follow.
- Why now
- 70% of digital transformations fall short of their objectives. BCG, 2020 (opens in a new tab)
- Last reviewed
How it runs
- 01
Diagnose
Typically 2–4 weeksWe map the problem, your data and your systems, and agree the one number that defines success.
- 02
Prove
Typically 4–8 weeksA working pilot on your real data, measured against that number. Not a slide demo.
- 03
Ship
Scoped to the outcomeProduction build with security, monitoring, cost controls and documentation included, not upsold.
- 04
Run
Ongoing, optionalWe operate what we built against clear service levels, or train your team to. Your call. No lock-in.
Questions you’ll ask
- What is an architecture decision record?
- A short document capturing a significant technical decision: the context, the options considered, the choice and its consequences. It stops the same debates recurring and tells new team members why things are built the way they are.
- How do you assess lock-in risk?
- By looking at what it would take to leave: data portability, proprietary interfaces, contract terms, skills and the cost of rebuilding integrations. Some lock-in is worth accepting; it should be a decision, not a surprise.
- Can our architecture support our AI plans?
- The assessment answers exactly that: whether your data, integration, security and infrastructure foundations can carry the AI use cases on the roadmap, and what has to change first.
Sound familiar? Let’s fix it.
One call with a senior engineer. You’ll leave with a straight answer on what it would take.
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