Services
Software architecture review
Expert analysis of your software architecture to identify bottlenecks, improve scalability, and establish industry-standard design patterns. We review an existing or planned system for scalability, resilience, security, cost, maintainability and fit for cloud and AI workloads - and give you a prioritised plan to act on.
Who this is for
For teams about to grow, change or rebuild
An architecture assessment is most useful before a big decision: a scale-up, a re-platform, a new product line or an AI feature that changes how data flows. An independent view helps you find structural weaknesses before they become outages or costly rework.
Products preparing for growth
You need an architecture review for scalability before user load or data volume outgrows the current design.
Teams planning a modernisation
You are weighing a move from a monolith to services or events and want a clear, staged roadmap.
Leaders adding AI to an existing system
You want to know whether data pipelines, latency budgets and security boundaries can carry new AI workloads.
What we do
An independent look at how your system is really built
We review the design you have, not the one on the whiteboard. A typical review includes:
Documentation and code walkthrough
We read your design documents and walk through the code with your engineers to see how components actually interact.
Dependency and data-flow mapping
We map services, data stores and integrations, and trace how requests and data move through them, including trust boundaries.
Bottleneck and failure analysis
We look for performance bottlenecks, tight coupling and single points of failure, and check redundancy, backup and restore.
Cloud-native and cost alignment
We check that the design uses cloud services well for cost and performance, and that CI/CD, logging and tracing give real visibility.
Review workshop with your team
We present findings, test them against what your team knows and agree priorities together, so the plan has owners.
What you get
A plan your team can act on
Written for engineers and decision makers alike, and yours to keep.
- Prioritised findings report. each issue rated by risk and effort, with the evidence behind it.
- Architecture map. current-state diagrams of components, dependencies and data flows.
- Target-state recommendations. where the architecture should go and the staged steps to get there.
- Standard design patterns. agreed patterns for common problems that your teams can adopt and reuse.
- Non-functional requirements check. scalability, performance, resilience and security assessed against your goals.
- Modernisation roadmap. a sequenced plan for evolving the system without stopping delivery.
How it works
A focused review, start to finish
Step 01
Scope
We agree the systems in scope, the business goals and the questions the review must answer.
Step 02
Analyse
We study documents and code, map dependencies and data flows, and interview the people who run the system.
Step 03
Workshop
We walk your team through draft findings and refine them together.
Step 04
Report
We deliver the final report, target state and patterns, and stay available for questions. [TBD: typical duration]
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Reviewing a planned design is often the cheapest time to change it. We assess the proposal against your expected load, risks and team, and suggest alternatives where they help.
Read access helps, because documents and reality often differ. Where access is restricted, we work through guided walkthroughs with your engineers.
We can. Some teams take the report and run with it; others ask us to help with the first steps or with related work through our Cloud Consulting and Support services.
Related offerings
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Cloud Consulting and Support
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AI SDLC Consulting
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All services
AI, cloud and security consulting from Stavir.
Contact Stavir
Tell us about the system you want reviewed.