Workshop

Data Platform Strategy & Architecture Accelerator

Dheeraj Saxena

MD @ Datawhistl.com

Data Platform Discovery: Architecture Assessment Before Budget Approval

Many large-scale data platform initiatives fail long before the first pipeline is built. The root cause is often not technology, but a lack of structured architecture discovery, unclear business drivers, hidden risks, and unrealistic assumptions that remain undetected until significant budget has already been committed.

This workshop introduces a practical approach for conducting high-level architecture discovery before entering the formal solution design phase. Using proven data platform design concepts, including Medallion Architecture patterns, participants will learn how to identify architectural risks, assess platform readiness, challenge key assumptions, and determine whether a proposed initiative should proceed, be re-scoped, or be halted altogether.

What you’ll learn

Identify delivery risks, hidden constraints, and red flags before committing budget, vendors, or delivery teams.

  • Learn a structured approach to uncover technical, commercial, legal, and organisational risks before committing budget, vendors, or delivery

  • Learn how to work backwards from business outcomes to define data products, dependencies, constraints, and success criteria.

  • Build an executive-ready assessment that surfaces red flags, validates assumptions, and supports funding decisions with evidence.

Workshop agenda

  • Conceptual Architect Discovery: Defining the Data Platform Initiative

    Learn how to identify business outcomes, data products, dependencies, constraints, and assumptions before any architecture work begins.

  • Conceptual Architecture Using the DbD Framework

    Walk through the Discovery, Serving, Integration, and Ingestion layers to establish a fact-based platform blueprint.

  • Readiness Assessment and Go/No-Go Decision

    Evaluate risks, costs, stakeholder dependencies, and architectural red flags to determine whether the programme should proceed.

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Who this workshop is for

  • Heads of Data, Data Directors, and technology managers responsible for funding decisions, platform investments, and programme oversight.

  • Leaders overseeing enterprise data initiatives who need a structured approach to evaluate feasibility, risks, costs, and delivery readiness.

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Jul 6
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