Advisory Offer
Fractional Chief Architect
Senior architecture direction, executive advisory, governance, roadmap oversight, design assurance and architecture-team coaching without a full-time executive hire.
Where this sits in a D² engagement
- Assess
- ArchitectThis offer
- Enable
The challenge
The organization needs senior architecture leadership (direction, governance, design assurance and executive counsel) but does not need, or cannot yet justify, a full-time Chief Architect.
What D² delivers
Ongoing senior architecture leadership on a fractional basis: technology direction, architecture governance, roadmap oversight, design assurance, vendor and investment counsel, and coaching for internal architects.
Typical activities
- Recurring executive advisory and direction-setting
- Architecture governance leadership
- Roadmap and portfolio oversight
- Design and decision assurance for key initiatives
- Architecture-team coaching and capability building
- Vendor and investment review support
Expected outputs
- Consistent senior architecture direction
- Functioning governance cadence
- Documented architecture decisions
- Growing internal architecture capability
Ideal client profile
- Mid-market organizations requiring enterprise-level architecture leadership
- Organizations between architecture leaders
- Enterprises needing independent senior counsel alongside existing teams
Engagement format
A recurring fractional engagement, typically a set cadence of days per month, adapted to organizational needs.
Discuss whether this engagement fits your situation.
Scope, depth and format are right-sized in the first conversation, before any commitment.