If your company is buying software from an external development partner, you need an experienced architect on your side of the table — not just a project manager. Vendor architectures can look convincing in a proposal and fail in the field. I provide independent technical scrutiny before you commit to a deployment.
What this means in practice
Review of vendor-proposed architectures against your system requirements and regulatory obligations. Assessment of technology choices — maturity, fit, maintainability. Identification of integration risks before contracts are signed or implementations are underway. Oversight through the development cycle, with the standing to force rework when the architecture is not field-ready.
Prior experience includes an engagement where technical scrutiny of an outsourced implementation identified critical field-readiness gaps, resulting in the supplier undertaking significant additional development before any deployment.
Who this is for
Companies with an outsourced development contract — particularly where the supplier is building safety-relevant or clinically-integrated software. Corporate buyers managing large implementation projects. Scale-ups that do not have a senior architect on staff but are buying complex technical work.
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