Get the architecture right before you commit a team to the build
A five-day Technical Architecture Workshop for Australian regulated product teams. Leave with a validated scope, clear technical direction, risk map and fixed-price delivery proposal.
Customer proof
Our partnership with Ostride’s team is a key factor in helping us bring our SaaS platform live and achieve our outstanding engagement and retention rates. Professionalism, exceptional communication and a sincere eagerness for our business to grow and succeed is what makes Ostride a perfect IT supplier for us. We look forward to continuing our partnership and work together in solving one of the world's biggest challenges!
Dan Rigby
Head of Product
The most expensive architecture mistakes are made before the build begins
In regulated product work, product scope, data flows, integrations and technical architecture need to make sense together. If they do not, teams often discover constraints after budget and delivery commitments have already been made.
Scope built on untested assumptions
Teams commit to features before agreeing what is essential, what can wait and what “done” means.
Data or compliance constraints found too late
Privacy, identity, operational or regulatory requirements can change the technical approach when they are considered after the build begins.
Architecture that requires rework
A system may look workable in a planning document but fail under real integration, security, scale or release requirements.
What you leave with
Validated Scope
What to build, what to defer and why.
Prioritised feature list: now, next, later.
Definition of done for priority features.
Key assumptions to validate.
Technical Direction
How the product should be structured for the first delivery phase.
System and data-flow diagram.
Recommended technical approach.
Integration map.
Indicative infrastructure assumptions and costs.
Risk Map
Risks and mitigation for delivery, cost and product operations.
Technical, commercial and operational risks ranked by impact, with mitigation actions.
Relevant Australian requirements to validate with legal and compliance owners.
Dependencies and decisions that need an owner.
Fixed-Price Proposal
A practical next phase with scope, timeline and commercial structure.
Delivery plan.
Build scenarios and cost assumptions.
Clear next-step recommendation.
How the workshop works
Day 1
Product outcome and constraints
Day 2
Scope and feature priorities
Day 3
Risk map and operating assumptions
Day 4
Technical direction
Day 5
Readout and next-step plan
Day 1
Product outcome and constraints
Day 2
Scope and feature priorities
Day 3
Risk map and operating assumptions
Day 4
Technical direction
Day 5
Readout and next-step plan
A fixed fee for a defined technical decision
The workshop has a defined scope and a clear output. Before work begins, we confirm the relevant stakeholders, access needs and delivery plan. Contract terms assign IP created for the engagement to you from day one.
When to use this service
You are about to start a regulated product build and need scope, technical direction and risks agreed before development begins.
You are deciding which features, data flows or integrations belong in the first delivery phase.
You need a shared technical decision that founders, product and compliance stakeholders can act on.
You need a fixed-price delivery proposal before committing a team or material budget.
You need a map before you need more code.
Frequently Asked Questions
We use it as an input, then test it against the product goal, technical constraints and Australian operating context relevant to your team.
All intellectual property belongs to you from day one.
The Technical Architecture Workshop is A$7,400.
You receive the findings and a practical delivery proposal. Further delivery is a separate decision.
Yes. We sign an NDA as the first step, before confidential product detail is shared.
Nobody does. Ostride implements approved technical decisions and brings AU legal partners where appropriate. Your product operates in a compliant way and we support when an audit comes.
Get your technical risks mitigated before you start
Start with a focused technical conversation. We will help you identify the most useful next step.