Flash Audit

The fastest way
into Design Authority.

A fixed-price architecture diagnostic, delivered by a Partner-level enterprise architect in 10 to 15 days. The Flash Audit stress-tests your target architecture, sizes the priorities and hands your executive team a decision-ready document, all in under three weeks.

Stand-alone product, or the entry point into a full Design Authority engagement.

What It Is

A serious diagnostic,
done properly.

The Flash Audit is the flagship product of our Advisory practice. Not a two-day discovery, not a sales workshop. A structured diagnostic where a Partner-level enterprise architect reviews your target architecture, challenges the structural choices and frames the decisions your executive team needs to make next.

01
10 to 15 days.

The real effort a proper diagnostic takes, led end-to-end by a Partner-level architect.

02
Fixed price.

Scoped and agreed up front. No scope drift, no surprises.

03
Independent.

A critical review of your structural choices, free from any vendor or integrator interest.

04
Structural.

Scalability, resilience, integration fit, technical debt, cost of ownership: the architect reviews what makes an architecture last.

When To Run One

Two moments,
one diagnostic.

A Flash Audit earns its place at two distinct points in a transformation. Before you commit, and when a program is no longer going as planned.

01
Before you commit

You are shaping a major program and the structural decisions are still open. The Flash Audit frames the target architecture, the target operating model and the roadmap, so the build starts on solid ground rather than on assumptions.

02
When a program stalls

A transformation is underway but drifting. Milestones slip, the architecture feels contested, no one owns the structural call. The Flash Audit gives an independent read of where it stands and what to correct, fast, before more budget is committed.

What You Get

Five outcomes,
delivered in under three weeks.

Every Flash Audit produces the same five outcomes, scoped to your context and ready to act on.

01
Consolidated target architecture, mapped against critical dependencies.
02
Critical review of structural choices, independent from vendors and integrators.
03
Three to five priority initiatives, with sized technology recommendations.
04
Activatable quick wins within 90 days, framed in a 12 to 24-month roadmap with TCO estimates.
05
A decision-ready document for ExCom and Board, delivered in under three weeks.
Who It's For

Built for the people
who carry the decision.

The Flash Audit is made for leaders who own a structural choice and cannot afford to get it wrong.

Boards
& executives

Facing a major investment, a platform decision or a transformation they need to sign off with confidence.

Transformation
owners

Accountable for a program and looking for an independent read before committing, or while correcting course.

CIOs, CTOs,
Heads of Digital

Carrying a specific architecture or platform decision that will shape the next decade.

How It Runs

From kickoff to decision,
in under three weeks.

A Flash Audit follows a clear, time-boxed sequence. One Partner-level architect leads it end-to-end, so nothing is lost in handovers.

01
Framing.

We agree the scope, the key questions and the decisions at stake with your executive sponsor. Fixed price set from the start.

02
Deep dive.

The architect reviews your architecture, documentation and key stakeholders, and stress-tests the structural choices against your priorities.

03
Synthesis.

Findings are consolidated into a target architecture, sized priorities and an actionable roadmap, with quick wins framed within a 12 to 24-month horizon.

04
Decision.

A decision-ready document is delivered and walked through with ExCom and Board, ready to act on.

Common questions

What teams ask
before they start.

How long does a Flash Audit take?

Between 10 and 15 days of work, with the decision-ready document delivered in under three weeks from kickoff. The range reflects the real effort a proper diagnostic requires, not a fixed package.

Who runs it?

A single Partner-level enterprise architect, named from the start and accountable end-to-end. No handovers.

Is it a fixed price?

Yes. The scope and the price are agreed up front, before any work begins. No scope drift, no surprises.

Can we run one on a program that has already started?

Yes. A Flash Audit works just as well as an independent review when a program is no longer going as planned, to read where it stands and what to correct before more budget is committed.

What do we get at the end?

A decision-ready document for your ExCom and Board: a consolidated target architecture, three to five sized priorities, activatable quick wins and a 12 to 24-month roadmap with TCO estimates.

Is the Flash Audit independent from vendors?

Yes. The review is free from any vendor or integrator interest. The recommendations serve your architecture, not a product to sell.

Start with a clear diagnosis.

Whether you are shaping a new program or correcting one in flight, the Flash Audit gives your executive team a decision-ready view in under three weeks.

Fixed price, Partner-level architect, decision-ready in under three weeks

Operated under our Design Authority model.