Making architectural decisions holistically
A resilient target architecture not only answers which components are used. It also describes their interaction, quality requirements and the path to stable operation. To do this, we combine the following perspectives:
System and solution architecture: structuring requirements
We translate technical requirements and quality goals into a consistent solution design. To do this, we structure target systems, components and interfaces and make visible how availability, security, performance, scalability and maintainability are technically achieved.
Architecture decisions are documented with alternatives, effects and dependencies. This creates a resilient basis for implementation, procurement and subsequent further development.
Platform architecture: Providing skills in a reusable manner
Platforms bundle recurring technical skills and make them available to development teams in a standardized manner. We define common basic services, automation mechanisms and binding guardrails without restricting the necessary flexibility of individual solutions.
This reduces redundant implementations, accelerates deployments and improves the quality of operations across multiple applications.
Cloud & Hybrid Architecture: Place workloads appropriately
Not every workload belongs in the same operating environment. We evaluate on-premises, private cloud, sovereign European cloud offerings and hybrid models based on transparent criteria such as data protection, criticality, availability, portability and total costs.
The result is a comprehensible placement model that brings together technical suitability and organizational requirements.
Integration Architecture: Reliably connect systems
An integration architecture determines how applications use data exchange, process events and remain decoupled from each other. We design API, messaging and data flow patterns and incorporate existing specialist procedures and legacy systems in a controlled manner.
Clear interface responsibility, versioning and observability ensure that integrations remain maintainable in the long term.
Identity & Access: Making access controllable
Identities and authorizations form a central security boundary in modern IT landscapes. We develop IAM architectures for single sign-on, federation and multi-factor authentication and translate technical responsibilities into comprehensible role models.
We consider the entire life cycle from provision to regular checking to the reliable withdrawal of access rights.
Operations Architecture: Plan for operability
Operability is an architectural feature and no subsequent addition. That's why we plan monitoring, logging, backup, high availability and restart together with the actual solution.
Operational roles, support channels, service levels and handover criteria are defined early on so that the transfer to regular operation can be verified.
Open & Sovereign Architecture: Maintain freedom of choice
We design architectures in such a way that data, applications and operational knowledge remain controllable. Open standards, portable components and documented migration paths reduce unnecessary manufacturer dependencies.
This is not about complete independence at any price, but rather about consciously made commitments, realistic change options and permanently secured data sovereignty.
Typical results of our architectural work
In order to make decisions usable for implementation and operation, we prepare the architecture in a way that is appropriate for the target group and testable. Depending on the order, the following are created, among other things:
- Target architecture and understandable architecture overviews
- Component, interface and data flow models
- Non-functional requirements and quality criteria
- Documented architectural decisions with evaluated alternatives
- Migration and implementation planning with risks and Dependencies
- Operational, security and integration concepts
Our path to a resilient target architecture
We make architectural decisions transparent and verifiable step by step:
- 01
Discover
Record goals, requirements, inventory and technical framework conditions.
- 02
Evaluate
Evaluate options based on uniform quality and decision criteria.
- 03
Design
Develop target architecture, interfaces and relevant architectural decisions.
- 04
Validate
Specifically check feasibility, risks, security and operability.
- 05
Guide
Accompaniment and migration through guidelines, reviews and decisions.
What you get as a result
A documented architecture that contains concrete requirements for implementation, integration, Migration and operation answered - supplemented by understandable decisions, risks and a realistic implementation path.