Description

A focused course, tailored for you

European IT-Services Solutions Architect's Pattern-Authorship Playbook

How a solutions architect at a European IT services firm authors a pattern the practice sells when delivery shifts toward productisation.

When European IT services firms shift toward productisation, solutions architects without an authored pattern read as advisory cost. Architects with one read as practice IP.

$199 one-time

Tailored to your situation. Access within 24 hours. 30-day money-back.

Includes a hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access, generated for your specific situation.

Why this course

European IT services firms shifting toward productisation reorganise solutions architecture in the same operating-model cycle. Architects who continue producing bespoke advisory work without a published pattern are read by the deck as cost. Architects with a pattern under their byline read as IP.

The architects who survive own a published productised pattern under their byline, a packaged offer the field can pitch, and a weekly architecture-state artefact the practice director adopts.

The course covers the three artefacts and the 90-day path to pattern-authorship framing. Plus a hand-built implementation playbook against your real architecture work.

What you walk away with

A published productised pattern under your byline.
A packaged offer the field can pitch.
A weekly architecture-state artefact the practice director adopts.
A clean translation from advisory architect to pattern-authorship owner.
A defensible answer when productisation asks which pattern your work is associated with.
A 90-day plan to land the framing.

The 12 modules

Module 1. Reading productisation for European architect implications

Productisation at European IT services firms reorganises solutions architecture in the same operating-model cycle. The diagnostic for the Solutions Architect layer specifically. What 'productisation' means at architect level.

Module 2. Advisory architect vs pattern-authorship architect

Two structurally different framings of the same Solutions Architect seat. Advisory architect reads as cost; pattern-authorship architect reads as practice IP. The three artefacts that mark the shift.

Module 3. Your published productised pattern

Implementation-ready productised pattern under your byline. Components, decisions, trade-offs, the named owner. The artefact that defines Solutions Architect work at European IT services firms.

Module 4. Packaged offer

Turn the pattern into a packaged offer the field can pitch. Pricing tiers, scope, escape clauses. The offer document partners adopt. Worked examples.

Module 5. Weekly architecture-state artefact for the practice director

Format, cadence, content of the weekly architecture-state artefact the practice director adopts. Three worked examples for European IT services architecture practices in productisation.

Module 6. Working with capture, BD, and partner channel

Pattern work sells through capture, BD, and partner channel. The collaboration pattern that strengthens architect positioning rather than producing turf disputes.

Module 7. Cross-engagement leverage

Reusable architecture IP across engagements. Reference designs, decision records, evaluation frameworks. The patterns that compound across the European IT services practice.

Module 8. Conferences and external talks

Conference talks position productised-pattern architects externally at European technology conferences. The customer reference that follows.

Module 9. Customer references

First customer implementation becomes the reference. The reference-shaping conversation. The case study with your name on the methodology.

Module 10. Scope statement: Solutions Architect vs Senior Solutions Architect / Practice Lead

Two overlapping seats. The scope statement that puts you in the Senior Solutions Architect or Practice Lead track defensibly.

Module 11. Promotion mechanics inside European IT services

Internal path inside European IT services architecture practices. The promotion artefact. The two reviewers who matter.

Module 12. Your 90-day move to pattern-authorship framing

Day-by-day plan. Productised pattern target chosen by week one. Pattern v1 written by week two. Packaged offer drafted by week three. Practice director conversation in month two. Senior Solutions Architect conversation in month three.

How this addresses your situation

Specific modules that map to what you said you are dealing with.

Modules 1 and 2 cover the diagnostic.

Modules 3 to 5 produce the three artefacts.

Modules 6 to 9 cover capture cadence, leverage, conferences, and references.

Modules 10 to 12 cover scope, promotion, and 90-day execution.

What you get with this course

The 12-module course delivered as text plus downloadable templates.
Templates for the productised pattern, the packaged offer, and the weekly artefact.
A hand-built implementation playbook generated for your specific work.
Three worked examples of the weekly artefact.
Scripted talking points for the practice director conversation.

What you will have in hand by Day 1, Week 1, Month 1

Day 1: Productised pattern target chosen.

Week 1: Pattern v1 written; packaged offer v1 drafted.

Month 1: Weekly artefact landing with practice director; pattern-authorship conversation scheduled.

Before and after

Before

You ship solutions architecture work. Engagements land. The productisation shift is being discussed.

After

Your productised pattern is in the firm's catalogue. The packaged offer is what the field pitches. The weekly artefact lands with the practice director. The Senior Solutions Architect conversation is scheduled.

What happens if you do not address this

Productisation shifts redraw architecture benches within one or two cycles.

Who it is for

For Solutions Architects, Senior Solutions Architects, and Architecture Practice Leads at European IT services firms in productisation.

Who this is NOT for. Architects at product companies. Junior architects. Architects at firms not in productisation.

How it arrives

Text-based course via LMS, plus downloadable templates and the hand-built implementation playbook.

Time investment. Roughly 10 hours of reading and 12 to 16 hours producing your real artefacts.

Why $199 is the right number

Internal European IT services training is general. External architecture content covers technique. A senior Practice Lead mentor would cover maybe four of these 12 modules informally. $199 buys the focused playbook plus the implementation document for your real architecture work.

FAQ

Will the field actually pitch my packaged offer?

Module 4 is built around the format the field pitches.

What if my engagements are mostly client-specific?

Module 3 covers that case.

What is in the implementation playbook for me specifically?

A draft productised pattern; a draft packaged offer; a 90-day plan with conversations against your practice director.

30-day money-back guarantee. If after a week of working through the materials this is not what you needed, reply to the receipt email and a full refund is processed. No questions, no forms.

Within 24 hours your account in the learning environment is provisioned and the tailored implementation playbook is delivered alongside it.