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We modernise legacy platforms for regulated industries — migrations, integrations, and the reliability work that keeps them standing afterwards.

Practices
06
Classes
A · B
Techniques
35
Featured
03

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06 practices · 02 classes
Every Arcwright practice, grouped by typical engagement duration. Columns: practice code, practice, engagement shape.
CodePractice
Class A12 months and over02 practices
PLTPlatform modernisation

We replace load-bearing legacy systems one capability at a time, while they stay in production.

TYPICAL 9-18 MONTHS · FIXED-PRICE DISCOVERY

  • Strangler fig
  • Mainframe offload
  • Domain modelling
  • Incremental cutover
  • COBOL
CLDCloud migration

Regulated workloads moved with residency, key custody and exit obligations designed in, not retrofitted.

TYPICAL 6-12 MONTHS · WAVE-BASED DELIVERY

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Landing zones
  • Terraform
  • Data residency
  • FinOps
Class B6 to 11 months04 practices
INTSystems integration

Point-to-point sprawl replaced with versioned contracts, replayable events and one place to look when a message goes missing.

TYPICAL 4-11 MONTHS · PRICED PER INTERFACE

  • Event streaming
  • API design
  • ISO 20022
  • HL7 FHIR
  • EDI
  • Idempotency
DATData engineering

Pipelines, lineage and metric definitions your regulator and your finance director can both agree with.

TYPICAL 5-10 MONTHS · FIXED-PRICE DISCOVERY

  • Change data capture
  • Lineage
  • dbt
  • Data contracts
  • Regulatory reporting
  • Retention
RELReliability engineering

Service level objectives derived from what customers actually notice, and the operational practice to hold them.

TYPICAL 3-6 MONTHS · QUARTERLY REVIEW OPTIONAL

  • SLOs
  • Error budgets
  • Incident response
  • Failure rehearsal
  • On-call
  • Capacity
SECSecurity and compliance

Controls that survive an audit because they are enforced in the pipeline, not described in a document.

TYPICAL 4-9 MONTHS · FIXED-PRICE ASSESSMENT

  • DORA
  • NIS2
  • ISO 27001
  • Threat modelling
  • Evidence automation
  • Access review

Technique index

35 entries

Which practice carries which technique. Read a row across to see where a technique appears; read a column down to see what a practice brings.

Techniques down the side, practice codes across the top, with a mark where the practice applies the technique.
TechniquePLTCLDINTDATRELSEC
Access reviewPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: applies
API designPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: appliesData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
AWSPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: appliesSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
AzurePlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: appliesSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
CapacityPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: appliesSecurity and compliance: not applicable
Change data capturePlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: appliesReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
COBOLPlatform modernisation: appliesCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
Data contractsPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: appliesReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
Data residencyPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: appliesSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
dbtPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: appliesReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
Domain modellingPlatform modernisation: appliesCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
DORAPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: applies
EDIPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: appliesData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
Error budgetsPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: appliesSecurity and compliance: not applicable
Event streamingPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: appliesData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
Evidence automationPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: applies
Failure rehearsalPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: appliesSecurity and compliance: not applicable
FinOpsPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: appliesSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
HL7 FHIRPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: appliesData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
IdempotencyPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: appliesData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
Incident responsePlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: appliesSecurity and compliance: not applicable
Incremental cutoverPlatform modernisation: appliesCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
ISO 20022Platform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: appliesData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
ISO 27001Platform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: applies
Landing zonesPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: appliesSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
LineagePlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: appliesReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
Mainframe offloadPlatform modernisation: appliesCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
NIS2Platform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: applies
On-callPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: appliesSecurity and compliance: not applicable
Regulatory reportingPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: appliesReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
RetentionPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: appliesReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
SLOsPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: appliesSecurity and compliance: not applicable
Strangler figPlatform modernisation: appliesCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
TerraformPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: appliesSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: not applicable
Threat modellingPlatform modernisation: not applicableCloud migration: not applicableSystems integration: not applicableData engineering: not applicableReliability engineering: not applicableSecurity and compliance: applies

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