HealthcareAnonymised
The expensive platform we didn't buy
A European healthcare distributor
An architecture decision that avoided a costly licence, followed by a budget, vendor and approvals application built in two days.
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There must be a better way
You know there's a better way to run this. I'll find it, and show you what it costs.
Enterprise and solution architecture, translated for a growing business. I map how one part of your business really works, find where time and money leak, and compare the options: fix the process, use what you already pay for, buy something, build something, or add AI.
Who it’s for
- Owners who sense something is slow, manual or messy but aren't sure what the answer is
- Businesses being sold software and wanting an independent view first
- Teams living in spreadsheets that have outgrown them
What changes
- A clear picture of how the work actually flows today
- Three options compared on cost, risk and payback
- A recommendation you can act on with or without me
The shape of it
From tangle to a clear route
As-is
How the work really flows today, and where time and money leak.
Options
Fix the process, use what you pay for, buy, build or add AI, compared on cost, risk and payback.
Recommendation
One route, costed, with a phased roadmap you can act on with or without me.
What you get
- Process and systems map (as-is)
- Leak list: where time, money and errors come from
- Options appraisal with costs, risks and payback
- Recommended target design and phased roadmap
- Written up as a Product Concept Document you keep
How it works
Step by step
Step 1: Listen
Half a day with the people who do the work. The real process, not the one in the handbook.
Step 2: Map and measure
I map the flow and the systems, and put numbers on the leaks.
Step 3: Options and a recommendation
Three routes compared honestly, including the cheapest one that might just be a better spreadsheet.
Time and price
- Time
- 3-5 working days
- Price
- Fixed price, agreed up front. Credited against a build within 60 days.
Evidence
Work behind the claim
HealthcareAnonymised
Redesigning a regulated healthcare system from real usage data
A European healthcare distributor
A current-state functional design and a target architecture for the next generation of a patient-facing system, produced in one agent-led run.
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-, delivered in One run
Questions
Good questions, straight answers
What does an architect actually do for a small business?
The same thing as for a large one, at the right size. I work out how the business really runs, which systems and people are involved, where the waste is, and which change will make the biggest difference for the least money and risk. Often the answer isn't new software at all.
Do you always recommend AI?
No. In regulated industries especially, a properly implemented ERP, CRM or workflow engine is often the answer: validated, auditable and integrated. I then use AI where it genuinely helps inside those systems, and leave it out where it does not.
Next step
Tell me what's stuck.
In 30 minutes you'll know whether to fix it, buy it, build it or leave it. No pitch deck.