Services
Enterprise architecture
We map how your applications, data and infrastructure fit together, define where they should go, and give delivery teams principles and patterns to follow.
What organizations bring us
Without an architecture, each project makes locally sensible decisions that do not fit together: three integration tools, four ways to authenticate, two customer databases. Costs then appear as duplicated licenses, slow change and fragile integrations.
Enterprise architecture here means practical artifacts people use: a current landscape diagram that is accurate, a target state with a path, standards for the few decisions that matter and a lightweight review process.
What the platform covers
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Landscape mapping
Applications, owners, data flows and integrations documented and validated.
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Application portfolio rationalization
Decide what to keep, consolidate, replace or retire, using cost, fit and risk.
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Integration architecture
Patterns for APIs, events, files and messaging, with ownership and standards.
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Data architecture
Systems of record, master data, domains, lineage and analytics platforms.
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Security architecture
Identity, network, data protection and monitoring patterns built into designs.
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Cloud and infrastructure architecture
Landing zones, hybrid connectivity, resilience and cost patterns.
Layers we architect
Business capabilities
- Customer
- Finance
- Supply chain
- People
- Operations
The stable view that applications support.
Applications
- ERP
- CRM
- HR
- ITSM
- Custom applications
Owned, rationalized, with lifecycle and cost.
Integration
- APIs
- Events
- File transfer
- Messaging
Standard patterns and a catalog of interfaces.
Data
- Master data
- Operational stores
- Warehouse or lakehouse
- Analytics
Systems of record and shared definitions.
Platform
- Cloud
- Containers
- Identity
- Observability
Shared services that teams build on.
Security and governance
- Policies
- Standards
- Review boards
- Exceptions
Light-weight, with a clear path to an exception.
How a project runs
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Understand strategy
Business direction and constraints.
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Document baseline
Landscape, integrations and data.
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Define target
Principles, patterns and target-state views.
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Plan transition
Roadmap in waves with dependencies.
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Govern lightly
Standards, reviews and exceptions that teams will use.
What you receive
- Current and target landscape diagrams
- Architecture principles and standards
- Integration pattern catalog
- Application disposition table
- Transition roadmap
- Architecture decision records
Questions people ask
Do you use a specific framework?
We use ideas from TOGAF, ArchiMate and the C4 model where useful, but we avoid heavy frameworks. The goal is artifacts teams will read.
Can an architect join our team?
Yes. Enterprise and solution architects can be placed on contract or hired directly through our workforce practice.
Related
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Technology consulting
Assess where you are, compare options honestly, and produce a plan with costs, risks and sequence before you commit to a platform.
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Systems integration
Connect enterprise applications using APIs, events, messaging and file exchange, with ownership, monitoring and error handling.
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Security architecture review
Review a system or platform design for trust boundaries, data flows, identity, resilience and detection before or after it is built.
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