Technical Architecture Review
Understand whether the system can scale — and what it costs to operate.
Program-level review of how your platform is built, where debt concentrates, and what to modernize first. Written for operators and boards, not architects performing for each other.
Starts with
Code, architecture diagrams, deployment history, and the operating constraints you actually have — not a whiteboard fantasy.
You leave with
A prioritized findings list, a modernization sequence, and risks an operator can act on Monday.
Fit
Is this for you?
Teams evaluating an acquisition, planning a platform rewrite, or stuck between 'it works' and 'it won't survive the next growth phase.' CTOs and engineering leads who need an honest read before committing spend.
Probably not if
- Line-by-line code review for compliance sign-off — that is a different engagement.
- Teams that need a delivery program stood up — pair this with Ridge.
Deliverables
What you receive.
- Current-state architecture map: services, data flows, integrations, and ownership
- Risk register with severity, likelihood, and remediation cost estimates
- Technical debt inventory grouped by business impact, not just code smell
- Modernization roadmap sequenced by dependency and ROI
- One-page executive summary for board or investor conversations
Build options
What we can deliver after.
The diagnostic is the front door. If the roadmap still needs hands on the work, these are the typical next steps — scoped from the problem, not from a menu.
- Platform migration or re-architecture — scoped sprints with CI/CD gates
- Service decomposition or API boundary work
- Fractional Cloud / Platform Advisor retainer for ongoing architecture decisions
- Forge follow-on if CI/CD and observability are the primary blockers
Scoping to delivery
How the engagement runs.
- 01Discovery call: confirm scope boundaries, systems in play, and decision timeline
- 02Access: repos, infra diagrams, deployment configs, incident history
- 03Week 1: architecture walk-through with engineering leads, dependency mapping
- 04Week 2: debt and risk assessment, stakeholder interviews on pain points
- 05Week 3–4: findings synthesis, roadmap draft, exec readout and handoff
Typical follow-on
Forge for CI/CD gaps, or Fractional Cloud / Platform Advisor for ongoing decisions.