Consulting

Consulting engagements are available on an hourly basis, however, I much prefer the deliverable targeted engagements which offer concrete and tangible value. Below are few sample deliverables oriented engagements. For pricing and availability please drop me an email

Architecture Evaluation

What: 2-5 days of analyzing a company/project current candidate architecture.
How: Survey of requirements & hatching the key quality attributes (architectural requirements) of the system. Scenario based evaluation (such as LAAAM or ATAM)
Deliverables: comprehensive  report  summarizing the current state, findings and gap analysis vs. business needs

Architecture Refactoring

What 3-5 days of design workshop for redesigning an architecture. Usually a follow up on “Architecture Evaluation”
How: Working with the customer’s team and applying the SAF method and building a candidate architecture based on required quality attribtues can be extended for a short engagement to build an architectural skeleton
Deliverables: Design document  / Architecture prototypes + Presentation for the selected architecture

Technical Due Diligence

What: Evaluating a software group’s ability to execute from the different perspectives of the development life-cycle
How: up to 10 days of meetings with the software group and relevant stakeholders, surveying the development methods, tools and processes, architectural and functional requirements, code quality & architecture
Deliverables : Report, Presentation to relevant stakeholder on the findings.

TBD : Architecture Mentoring