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Design and Architecture

Data Architecture

Data model, ownership, quality controls and lineage designed for the volume expected in year five.

Data decisions made early are inexpensive. We design the model, the ownership and the quality controls together.

What you receive

  • Logical and physical data model
  • Data ownership and stewardship model
  • Quality rules and thresholds
  • Lineage and catalogue approach
  • Retention and archival design

Why organisations ask for it

A model that scales

Designed for expected volume and access patterns.

Owned data

Named stewards for each domain.

How the engagement runs

  1. Understand

    Requirements, constraints, existing estate and non-functional needs.

  2. Options

    Credible alternatives with trade-offs made explicit.

  3. Decide

    Recommendation with rationale, recorded as a decision record.

  4. Detail

    Component, data, integration and security design ready to build from.

Next step

Need data architecture?

A short conversation establishes the scope, the prerequisites and whether this is genuinely the right place to start.

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