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Architecture Advisory
Independent advice for critical technology and architecture decisions.
Start with the problem
What We Help You Solve
12 problems · 09 service families
Start with the problem. We'll help you find the solution.
Most technology problems are architecture problems in disguise. Whether you're dealing with technology complexity, strategic misalignment, security risks or stalled transformation, we help identify the underlying issues and turn them into clear decisions and outcomes.
01 — Recognise the problem
Start with what is going wrong.
You do not need to know what kind of architecture support you need. Select the statement that best reflects your current challenge and discover how we can help. Whether the issue sits in the boardroom, within a delivery team or at the heart of a growing business, every problem leads to a clear next step.
- Executives & boards
- CIOs, CTOs & CFOs
- Heads of architecture
- Program & project managers
- Security & risk leaders
- Data & application owners
- Founders & scale-ups
- MSPs & technology partners
| # | The problem | How we help |
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| 01 | Nobody can explain how our systems fit together Executives & boards | Independent Architecture Review |
| 02 | Strategy says one thing, technology does another CEOs, CIOs & CTOs | Enterprise Architecture |
| 03 | We cannot tell which technology investments pay off CFOs & investment committees | Architecture Strategy & Roadmaps |
| 04 | We do not know where our security and resilience gaps are Security & risk leaders | Cyber Security & Resilience |
| 05 | Our transformation keeps stalling before it delivers Transformation leads | Technology & Solution Architecture |
| 06 | Our data is fragmented and hard to trust Data & analytics teams | Data & Information Architecture |
| 07 | Ageing applications slow down every change we make Application owners | Application Portfolio & Modernisation |
| 08 | Architecture feels like a bottleneck, not an enabler Heads of architecture | Architecture Practice Assessment |
| 09 | A critical program is blocked on architecture decisions Program & project managers | Architecture as a Service |
| 10 | Every design decision needs weeks of review Delivery & governance | Architecture Review Board as a Service |
| 11 | We are building our first platform on a tight runway Founders & scale-ups | Assist Start-ups |
| 12 | We need architecture depth to win and deliver client work Technology partners & MSPs | Solution & Product Evaluations |
12 problems · One starting point for each
02 — The SA service portfolio
Nine service families. One architecture partner.
Behind every problem above sits one of nine service families. We group our work this way rather than listing twenty individual services, so anyone from a board sponsor to a delivery lead can see the shape of the support available. Every family scales from a single review or coaching session to an embedded architecture function.
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Enterprise Architecture
Align business strategy, capabilities, information and technology.
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Technology Architecture
Design the technology foundations for transformation and growth.
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Data & Information Architecture
Create a clear foundation for data, governance and analytics.
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Application Architecture & Modernisation
Rationalise, modernise and evolve application portfolios.
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Cyber Security & Resilience
Assess and strengthen technology risk, security and resilience.
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Architecture Capability
Build the architecture practice, operating model, governance and capability.
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Transformation & Portfolio Delivery
Plan, govern and deliver change across programs, portfolios and business transformation.
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Architecture Enablement
Embed the frameworks, tools and skills that make architecture stick.
Not sure what you are looking for?
You do not need to know what to ask for.
If none of the problems above sound quite right, or you cannot yet name what is wrong, that is a normal place to start. Describe the situation in your own words, however vague, and we will help you work out what is really going on and whether architecture is the answer. If it is not, we will say so.
Contact
Level 2 / 696 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia