Services

Focused engagements. Durable results.

Each service addresses a specific problem. Engagements are structured to produce documented outcomes the team can act on and own.

Architecture Reconstruction and System Documentation

Problem addressed

Many production systems have grown beyond their original design intent without corresponding documentation. Teams lose time reasoning about behavior, making changes safely, or explaining the system to new members.

Typical deliverables

  • Current-state architecture diagram and narrative
  • Component and dependency inventory
  • Identified gaps between intended and actual behavior
  • Annotated documentation of key integration points
  • Recommended documentation maintenance process

Engagement shape

Typically a two- to four-week engagement. Begins with structured interviews and code review, concludes with a documented architecture package reviewed with the team.

Suitable when

Teams maintaining a system that predates the current members, or preparing for an audit, migration, or modernization effort.

Application Maintainability Assessment

Problem addressed

Technical debt accumulates gradually. Without a structured review, teams often cannot distinguish manageable complexity from structural risks that will compound over time.

Typical deliverables

  • Maintainability assessment report with prioritized findings
  • Risk register for identified structural issues
  • Remediation options with estimated effort ranges
  • A staged improvement roadmap the team can execute independently

Engagement shape

One- to two-week assessment. Delivered as a written report with findings categorized by severity and effort.

Suitable when

Engineering teams carrying a sense that something is wrong but lacking a clear picture of what it is or where to start.

AWS Security and Cost Review

Problem addressed

AWS environments accumulate configuration drift, over-provisioned resources, and security posture gaps that are difficult to see from inside the team.

Typical deliverables

  • Security findings report with severity classifications
  • IAM and access control observations
  • Cost analysis with specific optimization opportunities
  • Prioritized remediation list with effort guidance

Engagement shape

Week-long structured review. Conducted against a read-only access profile. Delivered as a structured findings report.

Suitable when

Organizations preparing for a compliance review, experiencing unexpected AWS costs, or that have not had an external security review of their cloud environment.

Critical-Path Testing Strategy

Problem addressed

Many systems have test coverage that does not protect the workflows that actually matter. When a critical user flow fails, the existing test suite often provides no warning.

Typical deliverables

  • Map of business-critical workflows and their test coverage gaps
  • Test strategy document for critical paths
  • Example test implementations for key scenarios
  • Recommendations for integration and end-to-end test infrastructure

Engagement shape

One- to two-week engagement. Combines workflow analysis with code review. Results in a concrete testing strategy and starting implementation.

Suitable when

Teams that have unit tests but insufficient confidence that their key user flows are protected end to end.

Modernization Roadmap

Problem addressed

Modernization efforts frequently stall because teams try to move too fast or lack a staged plan that respects operational risk. The result is a migration that never quite finishes.

Typical deliverables

  • Current-state assessment of the system to be modernized
  • Target-state architecture proposal with options
  • Staged migration roadmap with decision points
  • Risk log and mitigation strategies for each stage
  • Criteria for evaluating progress and declaring stages complete

Engagement shape

Two- to four-week engagement. Begins after or alongside an architecture reconstruction. Delivered as a planning document reviewed with technical and product leadership.

Suitable when

Organizations with a system they know must change but lacking a credible path from current to future state.