Services shaped around clearer technology decisions

Start with a Discovery Review. The other engagements follow once the decision and the next step are clear.

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Engagement pathways

MDE helps Microsoft-based organisations review their current state, govern platforms with confidence and turn data, analytics and practical AI ideas into decisions they can act on.

These are the simplest ways to engage MDE.

  1. Discovery Review Start here

    An evidence-first review of the architecture, risks and options behind one Microsoft, data or AI decision, with a written next step.

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  2. Design Sprint

    A focused engagement to turn a defined decision into a practical, accountable next step.

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  3. Delivery Sprint

    Scoped, Rory-led delivery with agreed acceptance checks when recommendations need to become working outcomes.

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  4. Workshop, Training & IP

    Practical working sessions and reusable material to strengthen capability, knowledge and decision-making.

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  5. Embedded Advisory & AI Assurance

    Senior architecture, governance and decision support without hiring a full-time architect.

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How MDE delivers outcomes

  • Shape the roadmap together

    Business goals, compliance drivers and what success looks like are agreed before a single sprint kicks off.

  • Work with clear accountability

    Rory leads the work and remains accountable. An associate may be engaged for a defined task, with role and scope agreed transparently.

  • Make governance practical

    Controls, automation patterns and reporting are built for adoption, so they support delivery instead of blocking it.

  • Measure and iterate

    Progress is validated with data, and scope only expands once value is proven and stakeholders are ready.

Domain knowledge

Government, healthcare and regulated-industry experience

Rory reviews architecture and data controls against the policies, owners and evidence required in governed environments. He documents the implementation task, acceptance condition and handover rather than treating policy as a general claim.

Small business and enterprises

Rory inventories priority data assets, traces how they support a business process and identifies missing owners or controls across the platforms an SME already runs.

Public sector programs

Rory reviews cloud architecture, governance controls and reporting definitions against policy requirements, named owners and acceptance evidence.

Healthcare and public health

Rory traces patient-level data through architecture and reporting, then reviews security, consent, access and audit records against stated requirements.

Need help choosing the right starting point?

Bring the decision, the platform concern or the delivery risk and MDE will help shape the next step.

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Capability areas

Background detail on the platforms and practices MDE works across.