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Duration: 4–8 days per month

Fractional Enterprise Architect

Director-level judgement without having to fill a permanent executive seat.

The outcome

Ongoing design authority and a dependable sparring partner for leadership — continuity over months instead of one-off opinions.

The situation

  • The organisation needs architecture authority but not another full-time seat.
  • A key role is vacant and the search is taking time.
  • The system integrator both designs and reviews its own proposals.
  • Decisions need a counterpart with no stake in delivery revenue.

Scope

  • Architecture board and decision preparation
  • Review of partner and vendor proposals
  • Roadmap maintenance and sequencing
  • Escalation support in critical phases
  • Preparation of steering-committee decisions

What you receive

  • A running decision log
  • Current target picture and roadmap
  • Assessed vendor and partner proposals
  • Prepared steering-committee material

What it is not

  • Three-month minimum; below that nothing compounds.
  • No line responsibility and no people management.
  • Capacity is limited and deliberately not overbooked.

Who it is for

CIO, CTO, COO, Transformation Director

Next step

A conversation about availability and scope

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