AdvisoryArchitect

Solution Architecture.

A specific system to design or replace, and nobody in-house whose job is to own the design. We design it from first principles and write it down so any supplier can price against the same thing.

Stage
Architect
Duration
4 to 8 weeks
Price
From £41,250about US$55,000
Terms
50 / 25 / 25Signature, midpoint, delivery
Who it is for

Organisations with a defined system to build or replace: AI, data, cloud or integration, and no in-house architect to own the design.

Boards comparing supplier proposals they cannot fully judge, who want the design to belong to them rather than to whichever supplier wins.

Teams that have finished an Assess engagement and need the roadmap’s first system designed properly.

What you get

  • First-principles design for a specific AI, data, cloud or integration system
  • Build-ready specifications any supplier can price against
  • Decisions recorded with the options considered and the reasons for each
  • Governance built in: data, accountability, audit trail and the off switch
Framework / Regulated organisations

Governed AI adoption in four questions.

Before any AI system touches your work, someone senior should be able to answer these four questions in writing. If they cannot, that is where we start.

  1. What data does it touch?Which records, whose records, and where they go once the model has seen them.
  2. Who is accountable for its output?A named person, not a team or a supplier, who answers for what it produces.
  3. How would you prove to an auditor what it did?The logs, versions and decisions you could put in front of a regulator tomorrow.
  4. How do you switch it off?Who can stop it, how quickly, and what the work falls back to when they do.
Price and terms

A fixed outcome, not a day rate.

From £41,250 (about US$55,000), fixed before work starts.

50% at signature, 25% at midpoint, 25% on delivery. Retainers monthly in advance, three-month minimum. If the price is more than you can commit to, the answer is a smaller first step, not the same work for less. Prices in GBP, plus VAT where applicable; US dollar figures are indicative.

Where it sits
Let's get to work

Ask about the Solution Architecture.

Two sentences is enough: who you are, and what you need to decide. Ben will reply with a short call slot and, where it helps, a written scope.