Consulting Services

Consulting

ePatterns Consulting adopts the Open Group architectural framework (TOGAF) as its core Enterprise Architecture Framework. Our Open Group TOGAF-certified consultants adopt all local client processes and architectural models, such as the Australian Defence Architecture (ADA) and many others.

Services

Consulting services offered include –

  • Enterprise Architecture,

  • Business Architecture,

  • Data Architecture,

  • Requirement Management,

  • Business Strategy,

  • Gap Analysis,

  • Security Architecture,

  • Technology Architecture,

  • Data Centre Migration Planning,

  • Operations Architecture,

  • Solution Architecture,

  • Consulting Architecture,

  • and many more ….

Core Disciplines

Core disciplines adopted by our consultant include –

  • Configuration Management,

  • Requirements Engineering,

  • C-Suite Executive Reporting,

  • Risk Management,

  • Program and Project Management, using PRINCE2, PMBOK or your local standards

  • Delivery, Quality, Process and Project Governance,

  • Decision Analysis

Competency Development

Competency Development, including establishing a competency practice, is a core skill of our consultants. Engage ePatterns to establish and/or uplift your

  • Enterprise Architecture (EA) Practice

  • Program Management Office

  • Quality Management Practice

  • Information Security Office

  • Infrastructure Management Office

Consulting Engineering

ePatterns Consultants are engaged by your C-suite as consulting engineers, aka consulting enterprise architects , to supplement in-place delivery teams, providing highly-valued abilities and perspectives from decades of experience in tier-1 deliveries. We will quickly assess the then delivery strengths and weaknesses and determine where best to remediate issues and contribute to successful delivery. This usually includes a quality review and quality management.

Location

ePatterns prides itself on the integrity of its consultants and the quality of their delivery. We have an extended delivery history within Australia and will travel within Australia and overseas where required. We will work from your or our own offices in Australia.

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Your Practice Office Established

At ePatterns, we have been instrumental in establishing engineering and IT practice offices, including –

Choose ePatterns Consulting to help establish your own practice office.

ePatterns Practice Delivery

ePatterns consultants have decades of experience in architecture, program management, infrastructure, and engineering, with hands-on delivery experience including experience in setting up competency offices and governing local and remote teams.

Coaching, Training and Process Institutionalisation

We follow industry-standard processes, methods and frameworks. The Australian Certificate IV in workplace training and assessment informs our training approach, and we use the Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) practices to establish defined processes, introduce configuration management, and establish measurement frameworks early.

We will coach and train your existing local staff, ensuring all processes are defined as you establish your practice or office. We are experienced in working with offshore-sourced resources across various cultures.

Enterprise Architecture Practice (EAP)

We principally adopt the TOGAF framework, but also use others, such as the Australian government’s whole-of-government (WofG) government architecture framework, and can adopt E.A. delivery approaches, including the GARTNER Enterprise Architecture In A Box 2.0

Whatever your organisation, ePatterns will tailor the approach, frameworks, and delivery style to suit.

For organisations with a strong adoption of Agile Methods, the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) disciplined Agile approach to enterprise architecture provides a valuable framework for EA delivery.

Engineering Quality Management (EQM)

ePatterns consultants have helped establish engineering quality management practices in multinational embedded software engineering companies, adopting the CMMI delivery framework, Lean Six Sigma techniques, and ISO quality management systems, including process ownership of software quality and risk management.

Chief Information Security Office (CISO)

The CISO, whether internal or virtual, has become the default office for prosecuting all cybersecurity within organisations. Our consultants have worked across the whole gamut of governance, enterprise, and project roles for decades and can assist in establishing your CISO.

Program Management Office (PMO)

We can establish your PMO, assist in uplifting competencies, assess delivery quality with external project audits, or provide project management training.

ePatterns works with PRINCE2, PMBOK, the PMI, and other project management standards, with experience in tier-1 and tier-2 organisations, delivering projects in enterprise IT, telecommunications, and engineering.

Infrastructure Management Office (IMO)

As IT Infrastructure specialists, ePatterns can assist in establishing your infrastructure management office to deliver

  • Infrastructure Project Management (IPM),

  • Infrastructure Architecture (IA) and

  • Infrastructure Quality Management (IQM).

Infrastructure services include

  1. Performance Engineering, taking a whole-of-technical-infrastructure approach to application performance management (APM). Our consultants are experienced in establishing and developing performance engineering competencies across Tier 1 and Tier 2 organisations, delivering full-stack performance and volume testing in dedicated and shared tenancy models.

  2. Infrastructure Resilience Management, including validating infrastructure, ensures the designed resilience at all load levels, including edge cases. A variety of recovery scenarios are planned and rehearsed as required.

  3. System and Network Security Audits,** **which validate system and network security controls, are delivered as planned.

  4. Security Penetration Tests.

  5. Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) management.

Infrastructure Testing Services (ITS)

Our consultant was a founder of this technology group within a leading Australian bank, delivering infrastructure testing to the bank and serving as the CAB release authority for all infrastructure changes. Our consultant led this group in delivering non-functional testing for the bank, including application performance engineering, penetration testing, and security audits.

For more insights on why infrastructure testing is different and how we can help, check out –

  1. Technology-led Infrastructure Testing – providing a maturity model and insights gained from a decade of consulting on testing significant infrastructure change.

  2. Consultant profile – IT Infrastructure Architect – for background on the roles and experience of infrastructure architects.