Analyse Your Current Solution Landscape and Make Objective Assessments.
Our solution architecture assessments evaluate current solutions against best practices, known deficiencies, flow of data, integration complexity, infrastructure dependencies and other systemic characteristics. Outcomes enable more robust planning:
Requirements Validation – We validate how proposed technical specifications align to actual functional needs while also probing priorities influencing vendor selection.
Infrastructure Evaluation – We model hosting environments analysing utilisation trends for storage, networks and compute whether on-premises, hybrid and public cloud or SaaS deployment.
Data Review and Lineage Mapping – We diagram data creation sources, processing layers, storage schemas, usage contexts. We also consider privacy, residency and lifecycle policies.
Cybersecurity & Access Review – We examine controls, access policies, encryption and vulnerabilities emphasising protection for sensitive application interfaces and data assets.
Cost Benchmarking – We provide comparative TCO analyses associated with solution options factoring license fees, custom integration needs, hosting and staffing implications over defined time horizons.
Risk Profiling – We detail solution architecture risk scenarios including points of failure, disaster recovery deficiencies, vendor instability indicators and upgrade complexities for mitigation planning.
Allowing our experienced architects to assess solutions before additional commitments enables optimising outcomes from solution investments for the long term.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our current state is poorly documented. Will SA be able to assist us in developing a current state view as part of the assessment?
Yes. SA has the expertise to navigate technology landscapes with limited documentation. Our clients find SA’s architecture views invaluable when making decisions about future state and understanding the interdependencies across systems and infrastructure. This is covered in our article Anarchy in the IT (and how architecture can help).
What factors will SA consider when conducting an assessment?
Typically, we will assess against best practices depending on the type of assessment e.g. industry, security, infrastructure. We will also assess against organisational strategy, principles (if available) and business needs.
If the SA assessment identifies issues and risks, will SA be able to assist us in rectifying the problems?
Yes, SA can also make recommendations on how to rectify any problems identified. SA can also evaluate options and work with you to select the option which best fits your organisation.
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Talk to us today and see how SA can help you with your Solution Architecture Assessments.