ARB as a Service is a fully operational Architecture Review Board, chaired by an architect with 10+ years of enterprise governance experience, running inside your organisation on a fractional basis — from first session to board-level reporting.
By the time the pain is visible, technical debt has compounded, compliance exposure is real, and the exec team has no visibility. ARB as a Service closes that gap before it becomes a crisis.
Every tier includes all six service components. The difference between tiers is cadence, depth, and strategic integration — not which components you receive.
Every session is chaired by Peter Muirhead. This is not a delegated or associate service — the director-level expertise that has chaired ARBs for global governments and Fortune 500 clients is present in every session.
The complete Architecture Governance Toolkit (10 volumes) is deployed and configured to your organisation's maturity stage, industry, and regulatory regime — customised with your thresholds, standards, and decision rights.
The Standards Register is owned and maintained on your behalf. New standards are drafted as decisions create precedent. The Approved Technology List is kept current. Exception expiry is proactively managed.
Every submission is pre-reviewed before the session. Incomplete submissions are returned with specific guidance. Decision Records are issued within 2 business days. A quality gate ensures sessions are productive.
The monthly Architecture Health Summary is produced and distributed to the CTO and senior leadership in business language — not technical jargon. At Tier 3, a quarterly Executive Architecture Report is produced for board-level consumption.
Architecture standards are explicitly aligned to your applicable regulatory frameworks: DORA, GDPR, UK GDPR, SCHREMS II, EU Data Act, NIS2, ISO 27001. Regulatory compliance is reported to the compliance function quarterly.
The ARB Activation Sprint configures the governance framework before the monthly engagement begins. It protects both parties from wasted effort and ensures the ARB is correctly calibrated before the first session.
Stakeholder interviews, existing decision landscape review, technology register audit, and regulatory exposure mapping. Understand what exists before building on it.
Charter published, Decision Rights Matrix calibrated, initial Standards Register populated, submission process stood up. First session scheduled by end of week two.
Regular ARB sessions chaired, submissions reviewed and decided, Standards Register maintained, executive reporting produced. The governance function is live.
As headcount, complexity, and regulatory exposure grow, the governance framework scales. Tier transitions are smooth — the framework is already in place.
Every engagement begins with the ARB Activation Sprint. The tier determines session cadence, submission volume, and the depth of strategic integration — not the quality of the chair or framework.
A structured self-assessment that scores your organisation across seven governance dimensions and tells you exactly where you stand — and what to do next.
Complete the assessment and return it to [email protected]. You'll receive a scored report with findings, risk priorities, and a recommended next step within 3 business days. No obligation, no sales call unless you want one.
ArchWin is a complementary service for technology vendors — helping your pre-sales architecture proposals survive CTO and CIO scrutiny so your enterprise deals close on technical credibility, not just product capability. A different buyer, a different problem, the same architecture practice behind it.
In the discovery call I'll ask about your current architecture decision process, your regulatory environment, and what's driving you to look at this now. If there's a fit, you'll know within 30 minutes.