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Architecture and technical strategy for organisations deciding what to commit to. Assessments, system design, delivery roadmaps, and ongoing technical leadership for teams that need that judgement without a permanent senior hire.
The most expensive decision in software is building the wrong system. The second is building the right one on the wrong foundation. Both are preventable.
WHY THIS MATTERS
Decisions made early are the ones you live with longest, and they are usually made under the most pressure and the least information. By the time the consequences show up, a year of work is sitting on top of them.
We work out what the business is actually trying to do, then what the simplest arrangement is that meets it. We say what not to build as often as what to build. The deliverable is a document a team can act on, not a deck that gets filed.
Worth knowing
Choices made under deadline pressure become commitments you honour for years.
An architecture engagement costs a fraction of the rewrite it prevents.
Senior technical judgement is expensive to hire permanently and affordable to consult.
How it is engaged
Scope, model, and ownership are agreed in writing before work begins. Pricing is discussed directly, once we know what is involved.
Everything below is yours at the end of the engagement, in your name, whether or not you keep working with us.
A written assessment of where you are now
Architecture and system design documentation
A recommendation, with the reasoning and the alternatives
A delivery roadmap phased so it can be funded in stages