EmberKat

Architecture & system assessment

Map the current system before choosing what to change.

Applications, infrastructure, integrations, dependencies and ownership are documented before any target architecture or modernisation priority is defined.

Typical duration
Usually 2–4 weeks
Starting price
From €14,500 excl. VAT
Output
Options and change sequence
Discuss the system

Assessment result

A system model leadership and engineering can use.

The assessment produces a current-state system model, root-cause findings, material dependencies, target options and a prioritised change sequence.

Current state Root causes Target options Change sequence
A system cutaway separates applications, integrations, infrastructure and controls across four inspectable smoked-glass layers.
Architecture cutaway

Architecture assessment separates the system into applications, integrations, infrastructure and ownership so hidden dependencies can be examined before change is planned.

Scope

Work included in the scope

  1. 01

    Current-state application and infrastructure assessment

  2. 02

    System, integration and dependency mapping

  3. 03

    Architecture drift and root-cause analysis

  4. 04

    Platform, tooling and ownership review

  5. 05

    Target-architecture options

  6. 06

    Change priorities and sequence

Client problems

Use this service when

  1. 01

    No owner can describe the whole system with confidence.

  2. 02

    Local fixes create new cross-system dependencies.

  3. 03

    Platforms and tools overlap without clear ownership.

  4. 04

    Modernisation work has started without an agreed target architecture.

Deliverables

Documents and decisions provided

  1. 01

    Current-state system model

  2. 02

    Constraint, risk and dependency map

  3. 03

    Root-cause findings

  4. 04

    Target-architecture options

  5. 05

    Prioritised change sequence

From the glossary

architecture drift
The gap that opens between how a system was designed and how it actually behaves after years of changes.
The full glossary

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