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Technology Architecture Health Check

Ten questions senior architects ask in the first hour of an engagement. Answer honestly and get a scorecard showing where your foundation is under strain.

All ten questions, your name, company and work email are required. Marketing emails are optional.

Is one senior person accountable for how your systems fit together?

01 · Architecture ownership

Is one senior person accountable for how your systems fit together?

Could a new senior engineer understand your current architecture from what is written down?

02 · Documentation

Could a new senior engineer understand your current architecture from what is written down?

Can you add a new partner, vendor or system without a multi-month project?

03 · Integrations

Can you add a new partner, vendor or system without a multi-month project?

Do leaders trust the numbers coming out of your systems without manual reconciliation?

04 · Data

Do leaders trust the numbers coming out of your systems without manual reconciliation?

Has your release pace stayed steady or improved over the last 12 months?

05 · Delivery speed

Has your release pace stayed steady or improved over the last 12 months?

Do production incidents get root-caused and fixed, rather than repeatedly patched?

06 · Reliability

Do production incidents get root-caused and fixed, rather than repeatedly patched?

Can you answer an auditor or enterprise customer's security questions with evidence?

07 · Security & compliance

Can you answer an auditor or enterprise customer's security questions with evidence?

Do you understand what drives your infrastructure and licence costs?

08 · Cloud economics

Do you understand what drives your infrastructure and licence costs?

Are major platform and vendor choices made against written criteria and trade-offs?

09 · Vendor decisions

Are major platform and vendor choices made against written criteria and trade-offs?

Is there a clear view of where AI fits, what data it needs, and who owns its risks?

10 · AI readiness

Is there a clear view of where AI fits, what data it needs, and who owns its risks?

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