Strategy, advisory & architecture
Most technology strategies fail because they describe a destination without an operating model, a control environment or a sequence a delivery team can actually execute. We write strategy that survives contact with production.
Launch model
Core
Boundary
We advise; we do not resell platform licences or take vendor commission.
Accountable principal
Sim Cuthbert
When to engage
Four observable triggers.
- 01A board has approved ambition but no sequenced investment logic.
- 02Two or more platform decisions are blocked pending an architecture position.
- 03Pilots keep succeeding technically and failing commercially.
- 04An operating model cannot say who owns which system.
What we deliver
Modules, artefacts and ownership.
Client inputs, dependencies and the operating owner are agreed before the first sprint, not discovered during it.
- Data and AI strategy
- Enterprise and solution architecture
- Operating model and capability design
- Portfolio shaping and business case
- Independent programme assurance
Ways to begin
Fixed scope, stated exclusions.
AI Opportunity Sprint
Prioritised use cases, value and risk assessment, target controls and a 90-day plan
Which AI investments should move now?Responsible AI & Trust Baseline
AI inventory, risk tiers, governance model, control gaps, templates and board roadmap
Can AI scale safely and defensibly?Proof
Programme intelligence for a national broadband rollout
A programme data platform with an explicit KPI contract, reconciled site status model, governed pipelines and an executive intelligence layer with alerting.
Delivered by our principal while at a national delivery organisation.
Read the full outcomeRisk and assurance
Security, privacy, AI assurance, accessibility, data quality and human oversight are tested as acceptance criteria on this practice — not appended as a closing report.
- Standards
- WCAG 2.2 AA, Essential Eight and ISM mapping where in scope.
- Data residency
- Australian by default; offshore processing named and approved in writing.
- Support boundary
- We advise; we do not resell platform licences or take vendor commission.
- Response standard
- Principal response within one business day, AWST.