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Practice 04 / 04Architecture & Advisory

Know what to build before you build it.

Assessments, architecture reviews and roadmaps that set out what to build, what to buy and what to leave alone. Most engagements start here.

Typical moment
About to hire a data team, choose a warehouse, migrate, or approve an AI budget.
You receive
A written assessment: current-state map, risks, recommended architecture and a phased, costed plan.
Format
Fixed scope and fixed price, agreed before it starts.

Sound familiar?

  • “We want to use AI, but our data is not ready and we do not know where to start.”
  • “We are about to choose a warehouse and every vendor says theirs is right.”
  • “The board wants to know whether our numbers are fit for purpose.”

The assessment

A document you can act on, not a slide deck.

The assessment is written by the people who would build the system, so every recommendation is one we are prepared to deliver. You are free to take it to another firm or build it in-house.

Data & AI assessmentContents
  1. 01Current stateA map of your systems, data flows and the reports built on them.
  2. 02Decisions and measuresThe decisions that matter most and the measures they depend on.
  3. 03Risks and gapsWhere numbers disagree, where work is manual, and where data is exposed.
  4. 04Recommended architectureThe simplest design that serves those decisions, with the tools to use.
  5. 05Phased, costed planWhat to do first, what it costs, and what each phase delivers.
  6. 06What not to doTools, projects and AI ideas we would not pursue, and why.

What we offer

  • 01
    Data and AI assessments

    The fixed-scope review above, for a company or a single business area.

  • 02
    Architecture reviews

    An independent look at an existing or proposed platform: what holds up, what will not scale, what to change.

  • 03
    AI use-case feasibility

    Whether a specific idea can work with your data, how to measure it, and what it would cost to run.

  • 04
    Tooling selection

    Warehouse, BI and AI tooling compared against your requirements, with no reseller arrangements.

  • 05
    Technical due diligence

    For investors and boards: is the data estate fit for purpose, and what would it take to make it so?

  • 06
    Fractional data leadership

    A senior data lead for a few days a month while you build or hire a team.

What we will not promise

  • Vendor-certified advice.

    We do not resell software and we only cite certifications we hold.

  • Strategy detached from delivery.

    We recommend only what we would be prepared to build ourselves.

Next step

Discuss an assessment.

Tell us the decision in front of you. We will reply with a proposed scope, a fixed price and what you would have at the end.

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