Enterprise architecture assessment, audit and review services. Find gaps, risks and cost in 4 to 6 weeks and leave with a prioritised roadmap aligned to your business goals.
An enterprise architecture assessment is a systematic evaluation of your organization's IT landscape, including applications, infrastructure, data, integrations, and processes. It benchmarks your architecture against best practices and business objectives, identifying gaps, risks, and optimization opportunities.
The result is a comprehensive report with prioritized recommendations and a roadmap for modernization, cost optimization, and improved business alignment.
Assessment, audit, review, evaluation and health check describe different depths of the same work. Pick the one that fits your question and timeline.
| Service | Also called | What it covers | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise architecture assessment | Evaluation | Whole-landscape review of business, application, data, integration, technology and security architecture against business goals. | 4 to 6 weeks |
| Enterprise architecture audit | Compliance review | Evidence-based check of the architecture against your standards, principles, regulatory obligations and governance decisions. | 3 to 5 weeks |
| Enterprise architecture maturity assessment | Capability benchmark | Scores architecture governance, practices and operating model on a maturity scale and benchmarks it against peers. | 3 to 4 weeks |
| Enterprise architecture health check | Rapid review | Short, focused review of the highest-risk systems and decisions that returns the top findings and quick wins. | 1 to 2 weeks |
| Technical and IT architecture assessment | Technology review | Deep review of the technology stack, infrastructure, integration patterns, resilience and technical debt. | 3 to 5 weeks |
| Cloud and solution architecture assessment | Architecture review | Review of one cloud estate, platform or solution for security, reliability, performance and cost. | 2 to 4 weeks |
Need a narrower review? We assess a single cloud estate, platform or solution as well as the whole enterprise.
Enterprise cloud architecture audit
Cloud design review across landing zone, security, resilience and cost.
AWS architecture assessment
Well-architected style review of AWS workloads and spend.
Azure architecture assessment
Review of Azure design, governance, security and cost.
Solution architecture assessment
Design review for one product, platform or program.
IT and technology architecture assessment
Technology stack, platform and infrastructure review.
Enterprise architecture consulting
Move from findings to target state, roadmap and governance.
The questions we use to prepare interviews and structure evidence gathering. Use them to self-check before you commission an assessment.
Comprehensive evaluation across all architecture dimensions
Meet with stakeholders, define scope, identify key systems and data sources needed for assessment.
Collect documentation, conduct interviews, analyze systems, review metrics and logs.
Analyze findings against best practices, identify patterns, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
Develop comprehensive assessment report with prioritized recommendations and improvement roadmap.
Present findings to leadership, discuss recommendations, and define next steps for implementation.
What you gain from a comprehensive architecture assessment
Understand your complete IT landscape, dependencies, and performance metrics.
Identify technical debt, security vulnerabilities, and operational risks early.
Discover cost savings, performance improvements, and efficiency gains.
Get a prioritized improvement plan aligned with business objectives.
Compare your architecture maturity against industry standards.
Receive specific, implementable guidance with resource requirements.
High-level overview of findings, key insights, and recommended priorities for leadership.
Comprehensive analysis of current state, gap identification, maturity assessment, and risk evaluation.
Prioritized recommendations with implementation phases, resource requirements, and estimated timelines.
Executive presentation, detailed walkthrough with technical team, and Q&A session to discuss findings.
The terms overlap, and providers use them differently. In practice, an assessment is a broad review of the architecture against business goals, an audit checks it against defined standards and compliance requirements, a review or evaluation is a focused look at a specific system or decision, and a health check is a short version that returns the top risks quickly. Most organisations start with an assessment, then run audits or reviews on high-risk areas.
A maturity assessment scores your architecture capability, such as governance, standards, practices and operating model, on a defined scale and benchmarks it against comparable organisations. The output is a maturity profile, the gaps to your target level and a prioritised plan to close them.
A health check is a short review, typically one to two weeks, of your highest-risk systems, decisions and governance. Choose it before a major investment, after an acquisition, when delivery keeps stalling on technical issues, or when you want quick evidence before commissioning a full assessment.
An audit tests whether the as-built architecture follows your principles, standards and regulatory obligations. It covers decision records, standards compliance, security and data controls, exceptions and deviations, and produces findings rated by risk with remediation actions and owners.
A questionnaire covers business alignment, applications and data, technology and cloud, security and resilience, and governance and delivery. Typical questions ask which capabilities depend on which systems, where critical data is mastered, which platforms carry technical debt, how recovery objectives are tested and who approves architecture decisions. We use it to prepare interviews, then validate answers against evidence.
Yes. Alongside the enterprise-wide assessment we run enterprise cloud architecture audits, AWS and Azure architecture assessments, IT and technical architecture assessments, and solution architecture assessments for a single platform or program.
Look for a fixed scope and timeline, evidence-based findings rather than opinion, coverage of cloud, data, integration and security as well as applications, a clear risk rating, and a roadmap with owners. Ask for a sample report and the number of weeks a typical assessment takes before you shortlist.
A comprehensive assessment includes current-state analysis of systems and infrastructure, gap identification against business goals, architecture maturity evaluation, risk assessment, and detailed recommendations for improvement. We deliver a prioritized roadmap for optimization.
A standard enterprise architecture assessment takes 4-6 weeks depending on complexity and scope. Large, complex organizations may require 8-12 weeks. We provide weekly progress updates and interim findings.
Key stakeholders include CIO/CTO, business leaders, architecture team, development leaders, operations team, and security officers. We coordinate interviews and workshops to gather comprehensive input.
We deliver a detailed report with findings and prioritized recommendations. We then help develop an implementation roadmap, secure stakeholder buy-in, and support execution of improvement initiatives.
Yes, we can assess complex, distributed organizations. We evaluate each location/unit and identify both local optimization opportunities and enterprise-wide integration improvements.
An enterprise technology assessment is an independent review of your applications, infrastructure, data, integration and security landscape. It identifies gaps, duplication, cost and risk, and recommends where to modernise, consolidate or invest. It is the first step of most technology strategy and roadmap engagements.
The assessment establishes the current state and the gaps. The technology strategy and roadmap then define the target state and the sequenced investments to reach it. We deliver either on its own or as one connected engagement.
We maintain strict confidentiality through NDAs, secure information handling, and limited access protocols. Our team has security clearances and experience with regulated industries.
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