Digital & Product Strategy
Where to invest next, what to retire, and what the sequencing should be. We produce a roadmap that finance and engineering can both sign up to.
Consulting
Independent advice from people who still build
Our consultants are practising architects and engineers. The recommendations you receive are ones we would be willing to implement ourselves — and often do.
Advisory areas
Where clients bring us in
Architecture Review
An independent read of your current systems: coupling, data flows, scalability limits, cost drivers and the risks that will surface at your next growth step.
AI Readiness Assessment
We audit your data, processes and governance, then rank candidate AI use cases by value against effort — with a costed pilot for the top one.
Security & Compliance Advisory
Threat modelling, access design and evidence-gathering for ISO 27001, SOC 2 and GDPR obligations, tied to practical engineering changes.
Engagement models
Fixed scope where the question is clear, retained capacity where it is not.
Discovery Sprint
A focused study of one problem area, ending in an architecture option paper, a delivery estimate and a prioritised backlog.
- Stakeholder interviews
- Current-state assessment
- Costed options paper
- Executive readout
Architecture Retainer
A principal architect embedded part-time with your team: design reviews, standards, and hands-on guidance for your in-house engineers.
- Fortnightly design reviews
- Reference architectures
- Technology selection
- Team mentoring
Modernisation Programme
A staged path off legacy systems with no big-bang cutover — strangler patterns, parallel running and measurable milestones.
- Migration strategy
- Integration layer design
- Data migration plan
- Risk and rollback planning
How a consulting engagement runs
01
Listen
We start with the commercial objective and the constraints, not the technology.
02
Assess
Systems, data, team capability and delivery history are reviewed against that objective.
03
Recommend
You get two or three real options with cost, risk and time-to-value spelled out.
04
Enable
We stay long enough to see the recommendation begin delivery successfully.