Architecture Consulting
Architecture that makes change possible.
Architecture decides whether changes are quick or painful, whether operations are cheap or expensive, and whether a requirement can be built at all. We make technical risks visible, take sound decisions with you and support the implementation — inside the team, not from an ivory tower.
Does this sound familiar?
- 01You have a new product idea but can't get it integrated into your existing ITfound
- 02Development time for new features keeps growing, and more and more time goes into fixing bugsfound
- 03Every additional use case makes the application slower or harder to maintainfound
- 04You're happy with the software — but running it is too complex and too expensivefound
- 05Automated testing fails because of how the application is cutfound
- 06Knowledge about the system sits with a handful of peoplefound
- 07Cloud, data or AI initiatives stall on the existing landscapefound
- 08A big-bang rebuild would be too risky, but the incremental path is unclearfound
Architecture consulting is a process, not a report
Architecture isn't defined once and then finished. It needs regular review and has to adapt to new insights. That's why we work in three formats — depending on where you stand today.
Embedded in your team
Our architecture team joins your project team for an extended period and supports the development process from the first idea through implementation into operation.
Architecture review
An independent assessment of your existing architecture against concrete quality goals — with prioritised recommendations instead of a generic checklist.
Targeted and phase-based
Support on specific questions or during critical project phases. The typical case: a project start with initial architecture design, technology selection and an operating concept.
What you gain
- An independent assessment instead of gut feeling for strategic technology decisions
- Risks and root causes named, not just symptoms
- A target picture that fits your organisation — not our favourite technology
- Modernisation in safe steps instead of a big-bang rebuild
- Architecture decisions documented traceably and reusable
- Architects who write code themselves — recommendations that hold up in implementation
- Your teams enabled to decide confidently once we're gone
- Consulting inside the team and the business units, not from an ivory tower
Four steps to an architecture that holds
Clarify goals and quality requirements
A joint kickoff, quality goals made concrete through scenarios, and interviews with everyone involved — business and technical alike.
Analysis and assessment
We examine architecture, code, documentation, data flows and operational aspects. The result: risks with their root causes and a transparent assessment.
Target picture and roadmap
Target architecture, technology decisions and a prioritised path to get there — with effort, benefit and risk for each option.
Support the implementation
Sparring, coaching or active work inside the delivery team. Regular reviews keep the architecture alive beyond the project.
The facets of our architecture consulting
Architecture design
Tailored architectures along your business requirements — with an eye on extensibility, not just today's requirement.
Technology selection
A thorough evaluation of technologies and frameworks with a clear recommendation for scalability, performance and longevity.
Architecture review
An independent assessment of quality goals, operability, security risks and the fit with your business strategy.
Modernising software
Transparency over technical debt and dependencies, then the decision: stabilise, evolve, replace or rebuild.
Cloud & platform architecture
Landing zones, Kubernetes, CI/CD and GitOps, observability and operating model — thought through vendor-independently.
Data & integration architecture
Integration and API architecture, data platforms and streaming, data quality and governance as the basis for analytics and AI.
AI & agent architecture
Data access, permissions, tool integration including MCP-capable interfaces, agent orchestration and human-in-the-loop.
Implementation support & enablement
Architecture sparring, design and decision workshops, architecture guidelines and decision processes anchored in your organisation.
From practice
Public transport association
The full system landscape captured to TOGAF, documented in LeanIX, and a lasting enterprise architecture process established.
Critical infrastructure operator
An architecture programme covering application, interface and data architecture: a shared target picture, common terms and roles, a decision process and an analytics platform.
Business-critical line-of-business application
An architecture workshop producing a scalable target architecture, a modern development environment including CI/CD and a realistic modernisation path.
Large application landscape
Cloudification onto a managed Kubernetes platform — from assessment and proof of concept through vendor selection into service delivery.
Architecture consulting happens at your site — in the development team and in the business units. That's the only way to understand the domain in the depth it needs.
What companies use this for
Enterprise Architecture
Your IT has grown organically over years. Every new requirement takes months to integrate — technical debt is holding back every bit of innovation.
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You're facing a decision that will tie up years — modernisation, migration, scaling — and you have no independent view on whether your architecture can carry it.
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How we can work together
Rapid Response Team
A small Aclue team delivers autonomously — from idea to production-ready solution.
Embedded Experts
Our specialists strengthen your team directly, on-site or remote.
Hybrid Team
A joint team of your people and ours — with knowledge transfer from day one.
Development Team
A complete development team for your product — including processes and operations.
Special Expertise
Targeted support: architecture, reviews, coaching, workshops.
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Learn more →Ready for an architecture decision that holds?
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