Consulting & Architecture

Know what you need to build.

Turn a product idea or operational problem into a technical scope you can review. We help define requirements, architecture, delivery priorities and running-cost considerations before the build begins.

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Areas of support

From objectives to a practical plan

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Project objectives

Users, workflows, information needs and delivery context

Planning areas

  1. Requirements and scope
  2. Architecture and infrastructure
  3. Priorities and stages
  4. Cost and resource planning
  5. Operational preparation

Outcome

A practical technology plan

A common basis for reviewing priorities and agreeing the work

Project objectives are worked through requirements and scope, architecture and infrastructure, priorities and stages, cost and resource planning and operational preparation, producing a practical technology plan. The staged bars show the order of work, not a schedule.

  1. Requirements and scope

    Pin down the functions, user journeys and outputs the system has to support.

  2. Architecture and infrastructure

    Plan the backend, data structure and operating environment as one connected system.

  3. Priorities and stages

    Set the order of delivery and the dependencies that shape it.

  4. Cost and resource planning

    Weigh technical options against the budget, the running costs and the scope.

  5. Operational preparation

    Settle deployment, support and handover before anything goes live.

Planning around the project

Understand the work before you commit to the build.

We start with the people, the workflows, the information and the conditions you are delivering in. From there we work out how the technical pieces should fit together, and what needs to happen first.

For larger projects, that includes the locations involved, who is responsible for what and the conditions the technology will have to cope with.

Value to your organisation

Investment that goes where it matters most.

A clear plan gives every stakeholder the same basis for reviewing priorities, comparing options and agreeing the work. It points investment at the capabilities the project needs most.

Our experience delivering complete platforms keeps the plan honest, because we know what it takes to build and run what is on the page.

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Technology

Technical choices explained in context.

Options are weighed against the requirements, running costs, existing team skills and support arrangements. The recommendation explains the trade-offs and dependencies involved.

  1. Cloud and hosting

    Which cloud, which of its services and what they will cost to run each month.

    • AWS
    • Google Cloud
    • Microsoft Azure
    • DigitalOcean

  2. Application stack

    Languages and frameworks your team can hire for, learn quickly and maintain.

    • TypeScript
    • React
    • Next.js
    • Node.js
    • Python
    • Java
    • .NET
    • Go

  3. Data and integration

    Where the records live, how systems exchange information and how both will cope as use grows.

    • PostgreSQL
    • MongoDB
    • GraphQL
    • Apache Kafka

  4. Delivery and operations

    How changes will be tested and released, and how the live system will be run and watched.

    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
    • Terraform
    • GitHub Actions
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Set out the plan before development begins.

Share your objectives, your current requirements and the constraints you are working within.

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