Target architecture
The shape of the system end to end: models, retrieval, orchestration, interfaces and the environments it runs in, drawn to fit the platforms you already operate.
Phase 02, Architect
We design the system before anyone writes production code: which models, which data, what stays in house and what we buy.
Typical duration
2 to 3 weeks
output: an architecture your IT and risk teams have already signed off
- 2 to 3 wks
- Design signed off by IT and risk
- 1
- Architecture document, not a deck
- Costed
- Run cost forecast per option
Phase 02
The decisions that are expensive to reverse.
Architecture is the set of choices that cost the most to undo. We make them deliberately, in writing, with the trade offs visible, so nobody discovers the constraints six weeks into a build.
This phase also does the groundwork for approval. Your security, data and risk teams see the design while it is still a document rather than a running system.
What happens
The work inside this phase.
Three workstreams, run in parallel, each with a fixed deliverable you can review.
Build vs buy decisions
An honest comparison of building, buying or configuring each component, with the run cost, the lock in and the internal capability every option leaves behind.
Security and data review
Data flows, access boundaries, retention and logging are specified and walked through with your security and risk teams before build starts, not after.
The method
The other phases.
Next step
Start with phase 02.
A 30 minute call on architect, what it would take in your business, and whether the phase after it is worth funding.