MGCA / Architecture, cloud & enterprise AI
The next move.
Designed with clarity.
We help organisations design systems, prepare cloud migrations and introduce AI with clear integration, security and operational responsibilities.
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A focused starting point
Make the decision
with better evidence.
Choose a defined review when a design, migration or AI initiative needs a closer examination before commitment.
Architecture Review
Test the assumptions before a platform decision or supplier handover.
Azure Migration Readiness
Understand what needs to be true before the migration begins.
Enterprise AI Readiness
Shape a controlled pilot around a useful business workflow.
Scope, deliverables and fees are agreed before each engagement.
Beyond the review
Architecture that
connects the whole picture.
Work across business priorities, integration, security, data and operations with a coherent view of the system.
Advisory & strategy
Priorities, target architecture and a practical roadmap.
Solution architecture
Connect requirements with integration, security and operations.
Cloud transformation
Landing zones, migration planning and platform foundations.
AI implementation
Architecture and integration for applied AI capabilities.
Generative AI
Assistants, retrieval and tool-using workflows with appropriate controls.
Data science
Data foundations, analytics and machine learning workflows.
More detail / Agreed around your needs
What does each
engagement involve?
Choose a service below to see when it helps, what we examine and what your team can expect.
Architecture Review
Useful when: A design or supplier proposal needs an independent examination before sign-off.
What we work through
Assumptions, options, integration, security, resilience and operational ownership.
What to prepare
Architecture diagrams, requirements, interface descriptions and the decision deadline.
What you receive
Evidence-linked findings, prioritised risks and a briefing to support your decision.
The exact scope, responsibilities, deliverables and fees are agreed before work starts.
View this service ↗Azure Migration Readiness
Useful when: You need to understand what could block an Azure migration before committing to a move.
What we work through
Landing-zone readiness, identity, connectivity, migration sequencing, recovery and acceptance.
What to prepare
Workload and dependency information, current environments, business priorities and acceptance needs.
What you receive
A readiness view, unresolved dependencies and practical actions to prepare the migration.
The exact scope, responsibilities, deliverables and fees are agreed before work starts.
View this service ↗Enterprise AI Readiness
Useful when: A team has an AI idea and needs a controlled route towards a useful pilot.
What we work through
Data access, tool permissions, evaluation, human review and operational boundaries.
What to prepare
One proposed workflow, intended users, data sources and the actions the AI may perform.
What you receive
A scoped pilot recommendation, control considerations and an evaluation approach.
The exact scope, responsibilities, deliverables and fees are agreed before work starts.
View this service ↗Advisory & strategy
Useful when: Technology priorities are competing and the organisation needs a clearer direction.
What we work through
Current state, target direction, options, dependencies and governance.
What to prepare
Business objectives, current capabilities, constraints and existing programme plans.
What you receive
A decision-led roadmap and a clear view of priorities, trade-offs and next actions.
The exact scope, responsibilities, deliverables and fees are agreed before work starts.
View this service ↗Solution architecture
Useful when: A programme needs a coherent system design that delivery teams and stakeholders can use.
What we work through
System boundaries, integration contracts, data movement, identity, resilience and operations.
What to prepare
Business requirements, existing platforms, interfaces and non-functional requirements.
What you receive
Agreed architecture views, design decisions and a practical handover for the scoped work.
The exact scope, responsibilities, deliverables and fees are agreed before work starts.
View this service ↗Cloud transformation
Useful when: Applications or platforms need to move or modernise with a sensible operating model.
What we work through
Cloud foundations, workload grouping, migration options, cutover, observability and cost.
What to prepare
Estate and workload information, platform constraints and migration objectives.
What you receive
A scoped migration or modernisation plan and the architecture needed for the agreed stage.
The exact scope, responsibilities, deliverables and fees are agreed before work starts.
View this service ↗AI implementation
Useful when: An applied AI capability needs to fit into a real business process and system landscape.
What we work through
Use-case boundaries, model integration, data pipelines, monitoring and human oversight.
What to prepare
The intended outcome, available data, existing systems and acceptance criteria.
What you receive
A scoped solution design, integration approach and agreed implementation or validation outputs.
The exact scope, responsibilities, deliverables and fees are agreed before work starts.
View this service ↗Generative AI
Useful when: Teams need an assistant for trusted search, summarisation, drafting or controlled actions.
What we work through
Retrieval, prompts and interfaces, tool use, policy controls and evaluation.
What to prepare
User tasks, approved sources, access rules and the decisions that require human review.
What you receive
An agreed assistant or workflow architecture, a validation plan and scoped delivery outputs.
The exact scope, responsibilities, deliverables and fees are agreed before work starts.
View this service ↗Data science
Useful when: Data needs to support clearer reporting, prediction or operational decisions.
What we work through
Data preparation, shared definitions, analytical methods, pipelines and operational use.
What to prepare
Business questions, data sources, quality concerns and existing reporting or analytics.
What you receive
An agreed data and analytics approach, with outputs scoped to the business question.
The exact scope, responsibilities, deliverables and fees are agreed before work starts.
View this service ↗Bring us the decision
Where does your
programme need clarity?
Start with a non-confidential outline of the goal, systems and timescale.
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