Architecture-Led Consulting

Architecture-Led Consulting

Digital needs Architecture

Architecture bridges business needs with technology solutions. As Business employs more digital technology, attracting and retaining customers is the heart of any business strategy. Customer-centric digital models achieve real results. We need more Architecture capability, engaged in the right way with modern digital projects to link strategy to delivery, focused on a value stream approach that connects business strategy to technical execution through our structured canvas approach (SCA). Whether it is Agile Architecture @ Scale or achieving true BizSecDevOps, Iasa has proven methods from industry to deliver success.

“Given the amount, diversity and forms of input, multiplied by the amount of people involved in the journey from a (business) idea all the way up to a valuable, production ready IT system, there is an eminent need for structure and clarity.”

Architects are the “value-flow” of delivery

Good architecture is now core to the flow of value delivery. No longer on the sidelines, architects must be engaged and driving digital solutions. So how best to develop your architecture talent?
There is a natural flow to both develop & engage your talent:
  • Grow your people skills and competencies using a 10-20-70 readiness model of Learn, Demonstrate and Confirm
  • Develop an active Community (coaching, mentoring, collaboration, challenging) that enhances Sharing, Culture & Professional Responsibility
  • Adapt and select account teams to match customer needs through Architect assignment and engagement orchestration
  • Enhance Architect contribution to customer account and solution teams through structured stakeholder engagement
Together this supports co-opetition on Multi-Provider Projects and adapts well to Client Architectures and frameworks du-jour.
“The class really helped me bring more structure and depth to the business angle of our clients, what are they trying to achieve and what does success look like.”
“Getting a good grip on stakeholder management definitely helps, it's not like we can just assign stakeholder management to another role in the acc. team, we all need to do this.”

So grow your peoplecompetence

Continue from capability development to develop a community that enhances sharing, culture and responsibility across the Architect Community Based on coaching and mentoring infrastructure that covers Enroll, Match, Guide, Measure and Grow Variety of learning modalities available to provide flexibility around time-specific commitments including:

  • Full Academy-Style (12 week)
  • Assisted-Learning with instructor-coaching (6-8 weeks)

In both models, based on our Academy experience, the time spent with an instructor should be prioritized to drive conversation, sharing and activity relevance.

And enhance account planning & engagement

We heard over and again that account information can be enhanced by the introduction of a minimum set of architecture canvas Initial setup covers the design and integration into the existing account Planning tools, provides templates and includes Account cycle alignment Advisory services can provide direct coaching on the completion of the minimum set for a pilot set of accounts Iterative approach to Governance, Delivery and Value measurement

And enhance account planning & engagement

We heard over and again that account information can be enhanced by the introduction of a minimum set of architecture canvas Initial setup covers the design and integration into the existing account Planning tools, provides templates and includes Account cycle alignment Advisory services can provide direct coaching on the completion of the minimum set for a pilot set of accounts Iterative approach to Governance, Delivery and Value measurement

Iasa has models to understand and models to communicate

Iasa Engagement model for Architects & Architecture teams focuses on:

  • Architecture Governance – establishing then running the engagement steering group, ensuring community support for the model, driving culture change and adoption
  • Architecture Delivery – starting pilots, then expanding iteratively, ramp-up delivery impact each cycle building deliverables, processes using modern tools (e.g., canvas) and partnerships with the Sec/ Dev/ Ops teams
  • Architecture Value – measures, tracking and learning against innovation objectives tracked and stored in a value repository
“So the biggest impact for my account lies in recording structure and decision, resulting in clarity and portability of knowledge. Iasa helped me to create structure in my thoughts, processing, and decision recording, resulting in clarity and portability of knowledge”.

Iasa helps establish the new engagement approach using a cycle model applied repeatedly to future engagements, adjusting and learning as required and providing feedback into the readiness and culture phases.

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