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Architecture Blueprint

Scale beyond pilots with confidence. Get an execution-grade blueprint: target architecture, reference designs, and guardrails. Maximize ROI by building on proven patterns instead of reinventing.

The Challenge

Most AI programs stall between pilots and scale because architectural decisions are missing, ownership is unclear, and teams lack enforceable standards. The result is fragmentation: inconsistent patterns, duplicated work, and growing operational risk.

Our Approach

We produce a blueprint teams and vendors can execute against: target architecture, reference designs, explicit guardrails, and decision records. The objective is to unblock decisions and create repeatability without forcing a platform rewrite.

Journey Context

The AI Journey

This engagement is designed for the design phase — translating decisions into executable architecture.

Exploration

Understand the opportunity space and define decision boundaries.

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Design

Current Phase

Translate decisions into target architecture and reference patterns.

3

Operate

Embed quality gates, evidence-by-design, and day-2 guardrails.

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What This Engagement Achieves

Key Outcomes

Execution-grade artifacts that unblock teams and create repeatability.

Target Architecture Clarity
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Target Architecture Clarity

A coherent end-state aligned to your stack and constraints. No ambiguity about what the system looks like when built correctly.

Implementable Reference Designs
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Implementable Reference Designs

Patterns for common AI/GenAI workflows with clear interfaces. Teams and vendors can execute against documented blueprints.

Guardrails That Prevent Drift
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Guardrails That Prevent Drift

Standards and acceptance criteria that prevent fragmentation. Decisions captured as contracts that survive org changes.

Engagement Outputs

Core Deliverables

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Target Architecture

  • Data + ML + GenAI architecture aligned to your stack
  • Security, privacy, and identity boundaries
  • Integration points and platform responsibilities
02

Reference Designs

  • RAG patterns (indexing, retrieval, grounding, fallback)
  • Orchestration patterns (workflow/tool use, HIL where required)
  • Evaluation patterns (offline/online, acceptance criteria)
03

Guardrails + Standards

  • Interface contracts and 'golden paths'
  • Release readiness expectations and operational standards
  • Ownership boundaries (platform vs product teams vs vendors)
04

Operating Model + Roadmap

  • Decision cadence (architecture board / reviews / exceptions)
  • Roadmap sequencing with dependencies and milestones
  • Enablement plan to transfer patterns to teams

Blueprint outputs are built for execution by internal teams and/or vendors. AtelaMind can remain involved as design authority to validate implementations.

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